Still Life with Teapot and Fruit
1896
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 3/4 x 26 in. (47.6 x 66 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Accession Number
1997.391.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the serene "Still Life with Teapot Fruit," painted by Paul Gauguin in1896, everyday objects—a gleaming teapot and lush fruits—take center stage in a composition that belies the artist's revolutionary spirit. This oil on canvas, measuring 18 3/4 x 26 inches, captures Gauguin's Post-Impressionist flair during his transformative years in Tahiti, he sought escape from European conventions. The work exemplifies his shift toward bold, flattened forms and vibrant colors, drawing from Japanese prints and Polynesian motifs to infuse domestic scenes with symbolic depth. Gauguin, a pioneer of Symboli...
About the Artist
Paul Gauguin · 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...