A Dish of Fruit, a Glass and a Bottle

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On a wooden table we see a bowl of fruit placed on a green-striped cloth. Behind it we can make out a glass and a bottle. Braque often painted still life when he needed to clear his mind while struggling with a more complex painting. He learned some of his skills – like the imitation wood graining – from his father and grandfather who were traditional French painter-decorators. There is a wonderful calm about this painting, even a feeling of timelessness. The art historian Douglas Cooper wrote of Braque, 'There is nothing difficult [in his art]…no hidden moral or meaning…If we look, he will teach us to see, and this after all is the highest function of the true artist.'

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Title

A Dish of Fruit, a Glass and a Bottle

Date

1926

Medium

oil on plywood

Measurements

H 44 x W 54.6 cm

Accession number

2380

Acquisition method

bequeathed by William McInnes, 1944

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signed/dated

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