Still Life with Melon (Nature morte au melon), 1872 by Claude Monet

Still Life with Melon (Nature morte au melon), painted by Claude Monet in 1872 sets a ripe, sliced cantaloupe beside a blue and white Chinese porcelain dish heaped with rosy peaches, a cluster of pale green grapes trailing across the white cloth in front. Cool blue patterning plays against the warm orange flesh of the fruit in crisp, controlled brushwork. A rare and refined still life from Monet’s Argenteuil years, the picture reveals his delight in the textures and colours of everyday abundance.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1872.

Still Life with Melon (Nature morte au melon), 1872 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Fruit Still Life Wall Art Canvas Print.