French School, Still Life with Melon & Peaches, Oil Painting on Canvas, early 20th century

£395.00
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This early 20th-century French oil painting on canvas portrays an abundant still life of a large melon open with slices displayed on foliage and surrounded by grapes and peaches. The gorgeous textures of the skin and flesh of the fruits are rendered in soft brushstrokes, creating a striking yet delicate sense of realism. With a beautiful light and a dark background, its warm palette of colour emphasises the bountiful feeling of this still life. This distinctive work is a sumptuous statement piece that would take a place of pride in a kitchen or in any other room.

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  • Dimensions with frame: 59 x 70 cm
  • Small paint losses, craquelure, a restoration
  • Mounted in a giltwood frame.

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This early 20th-century French oil painting on canvas portrays an abundant still life of a large melon open with slices displayed on foliage and surrounded by grapes and peaches. The gorgeous textures of the skin and flesh of the fruits are rendered in soft brushstrokes, creating a striking yet delicate sense of realism. With a beautiful light and a dark background, its warm palette of colour emphasises the bountiful feeling of this still life. This distinctive work is a sumptuous statement piece that would take a place of pride in a kitchen or in any other room.

This early 20th-century French oil painting on canvas portrays an abundant still life of a large melon open with slices displayed on foliage and surrounded by grapes and peaches. The gorgeous textures of the skin and flesh of the fruits are rendered in soft brushstrokes, creating a striking yet delicate sense of realism. With a beautiful light and a dark background, its warm palette of colour emphasises the bountiful feeling of this still life. This distinctive work is a sumptuous statement piece that would take a place of pride in a kitchen or in any other room.

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