Fruit Dish on a Garden Chair

"Fruit Dish on a Garden Chair" is an artwork by Paul Gauguin. The catalogue places it in Still Life. The format is landscape. Background on Still Life: Still life, the arrangement of flowers, fruit, tableware, and other objects, became a distinct genre in the Netherlands and Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Dutch vanitas paintings used objects such as skulls, candles, and wilting flowers to remind viewers that time passes.

"Fruit Dish on a Garden Chair" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Still life works are appreciated for their intimacy and rich surface detail, which makes them especially suited to dining rooms, kitchens, studies, and other quieter parts of the home. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.

French, 1848–1903

If you like the visual language of Paul Gauguin, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.