In the present still life, some fruit is laid out on stony ground in the open air, with the heavily darkened background effectively emphasising the illuminated fruit. At the centre of the arrangement ...

In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes ...

Oil on canvas, relined. 1780. 51.4 x 71.5 cm. Signed and dated “J.D. Baager 1780” lower frame. Framed ...

Oliver Clare was a British painter who is best known for his detailed and polished academic still lifes of fruit and flowers. Born near Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1853, Clare was the son of ...