Apples and Grapes

1880

Monet probably painted this and other still lifes knowing that they would be more marketable than his landscapes. Here, however, he used the complexity of color, light, and texture found in his most Impressionist landscapes. Particularly evident in the cloth's surface—the light on the horizontal brushstrokes recalls earlier works in which he used similar horizontals of variegated colors to suggest water rippling in the sunlight.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1880

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

66.5 × 82.5 cm (26 3/16 × 32 1/2 in.); Framed: 88 × 103.9 × 10.2 cm (34 5/8 × 40 7/8 × 4 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection