Browse Items (1267 total)

A striking composition is achieved with very few objects: the painting’s eponymous vase, a few flowers and blooming limbs, a goldfish bowl, and two paintings. Carefully outlined shapes play against a scattering of colors applied thickly—even…

Underneath the shelter of a large tree in winter, one fox rejoins what is likely its mate with a bird in hand—perhaps a grouse. Underneath the paws of the other fox appears to be a rabbit...a good day of hunting! Palmer’s somewhat implausible…

Two adjacent types of painting—still life and domestic “genre”—blur in this creatively arranged scene. At right, staples of the still life tradition like fruits, flowers, and drapery are displayed on a table. Yet there also is a child’s toy, and it…

We behold at least a dozen distinct plants and animals as a flattened tapestry whose weave isn’t simply metaphorical: the warp of vertical plants and rising bubbles is complemented by a weft of horizontel “currents” visualized for the painting.…

Given its light greens and the implied blossoms of field flowers, Patterson’s landscape may be set during springtime, in which case the lake pictured here still would be filled with meltwater. His fresh, pastel-shaded scene celebrates nature with any…

This group of individuals from the blackbird family each perches on a distinct branch, looking in a different direction, and in physical space likely at some distance from the others. Yet Patterson telescopes his composition so as to render them…

Several stems of pink and white gladiolus are displayed in a pictorial vase, whose unusual scene gestures toward a sailboat alongside a coastal mountain range. Below them on the table are apples, an orange, and a grapefruit. A warm light illuminates…

Upon an unadorned table we see a cane basket filled with apples, oranges, and a grapefruit; next to a pitcher, a lemon and another apples. In the absence of drapery or curios, the complexity in this still life comes from subtle elements like the…

On a plain table is placed a bowl of pears and an Italian jug, apparently that same one as appearing in his “Fruit in a Basket" still life. In the jug, we see a bouqet of roses. Light from the ride side of painting casts shadow seemingly upon a wall…