Look & Learn Guide: Fruit
See how apples can be painted with invisible brushstrokes or constructed with bold patches of color.
Raphaelle Peale
Still Life with Raisins, Yellow and Red Apples in Porcelain Basket, c. 1820-22
In this traditional still life painting, every blemish on the fruit is clearly visible, but not a single brushstroke shows.
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Paul Cézanne
Five Apples, 1877-78
Cézanne formed his apples with patches of color.
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Morgan Russell
Still Life Color Study, c. 1915
Loosely brushed washes of watercolor suggest solid pieces of fruit.
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Morgan Russell
Three Apples, 1910
Dark outlines and vivid colors define these apples.
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