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Melon and Tomatoes, 1903 (Melon et tomates) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Melon and Tomatoes (Melon et tomates), painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1903, gathers a ripe cantaloupe and a cluster of red tomatoes alongside two green cucumbers, arranged on a rumpled white tablecloth against a softly smudged gray-brown ground. The brushwork is loose and confident, built on warm ochres and cool greens that catch the light glancing off the fruit’s skins, characteristic of the free, atmospheric handling Renoir favored in his final decade. Painted the same year the Galerie Durand-Ruel acquired it directly from the artist, the canvas belongs to a late sequence of intimate kitchen still lifes Renoir painted at his home in the south of France, where simple market produce became a vehicle for pure color and touch.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1903.
Melon and Tomatoes, 1903 (Melon et tomates) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Rustic Still Life Wall Art Canvas Print.