Jean-Baptiste Robie artwork • painting • previously for sale A still life of grapes, peaches, prunes and a sparrow
Jean-Baptiste Robie
Brussel 1821-1910 Sint-Gilles (België)
1821-1910
A still life of grapes, peaches, prunes and a sparrow
oil on panel 135.0 x 75.0 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit Verenigde Staten.
Literature: Fondation Jean Robie, Brigitte Schuermans, 'Jean Robie 1821-1910', Brussel 2007, pag. 86, afb. 14 (in kleur).
A painter of landscapes and still lifes, Robie is chiefly known for his paintings of fruit and flowers (a.o. roses), seemly set down casually on a woodland path or at the water’s edge. In this sense, he broke with the 18th century tradition of meticulously arranged, ostentatious still lifes of flowers. He also painted close-ups of wild plants growing in their natural setting. His compositions stand out for their exquisite rendering of texture and rich colouration.
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