Still Life with Ewer and Fruit

Carducius Plantagenet Ream is the artist behind "Still Life with Ewer and Fruit". The catalogue places it in Still Life. The format is portrait. Still Life, a short history: Dutch vanitas paintings used objects such as skulls, candles, and wilting flowers to remind viewers that time passes. Later artists, including Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso, used humble still-life subjects to test ideas about space and form.

"Still Life with Ewer and Fruit" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. 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.

American, 1838–1917

If you like the visual language of Carducius Plantagenet Ream, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.