Artwork
Apples
Apples is an oil painting by Chaïm Soutine. It dates from 1917 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Chaïm Soutine's 1917 painting Apples depicts a still life arrangement centered on the fruit itself.
Chaïm Soutine's 1917 painting Apples depicts a still life arrangement centered on the fruit itself. The work focuses exclusively on the visual representation of apples, rendered in oil on canvas. While the composition is straightforward in its subject matter, the piece is recognized as a significant example of Soutine's approach to still life during this period.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the work, which measures 38.4 cm in height and 80 cm in width.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1917, this work by Chaïm Soutine is an oil painting on canvas. The composition features a horizontal format, measuring 38.4 cm in height and 80 cm in width. As a still life, the piece depicts apples, utilizing the fluid properties of oil paint to render the subject matter.
The application of the medium on the woven support reflects the artist's approach to classification within the painting genre during this period.
History & Provenance
Chaïm Soutine created the oil painting Apples in 1917. Executed on canvas, the work measures 38.4 cm in height and 80 cm in width. The painting is currently held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains located.
Overview
Chaïm Soutine’s 1917 oil painting Apples presents a solitary fruit rendered with vigorous, tactile brushwork. The canvas captures a single apple set against a dark, indistinct background, emphasizing the object’s physicality over narrative detail. The work exemplifies Soutine’s departure from precise representation, favoring a more visceral, emotive approach.
Artist & collection
Artist
Chaïm Soutine (French:; Russian: Хаим Соломонович Сутин, romanized: Khaim Solomonovich Sutin; Yiddish: חײם סוטין, romanized: Chaim Sutin; 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin…
