Apples and Grapes (1880): Artwork and History

Apples and Grapes (1880) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Claude Monet probably painted this and other still lifes in 1879–80, knowing that they would be more readily marketable than his landscapes. In Apples and Grapes, however, he employed the complexity of color, light, and texture found in his most Impressionist landscapes. This is particularly evident in the extensive cloth surface—the play of light on the horizontal brushstrokes (indicating the folds in the tablecloth) recalls earlier canvases in which Monet used similar short horizontals of variegated colors to suggest water rippling in the sunlight.

Object facts

• Title: Apples and Grapes
• Date: 1880
• Artist attribution: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
• Place of origin: France
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 66.5 × 82.5 cm (26 3/16 × 32 1/2 in.); Framed: 88 × 103.9 × 10.2 cm (34 5/8 × 40 7/8 × 4 in.)
• Type: Painting
• Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
• Reference number: 1933.1152

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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