Still Life with Fruit
1873
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Emilie Preyer
Emilie Preyer (1849–1930) was a German artist, born in Düsseldorf.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Still Life with Fruit is a 1873 unspecified by Emilie Preyer, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows pears, grapes, and peaches on a marble table with a folded white cloth. A glass of water and a knife add reflections and sharp edges. Preyer paints textures you can almost feel—smooth peach skin, cold marble, damp glass. The knife looks like it might slide off the table edge, a trick Dutch still-life artists loved. Her work feels close to Dutch 17th-century still lifes. If you like this, check out Clara Peeters at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This composition contains many elements that show Preyer's technical abilities. She convincingly rendered the various textures juxtaposed in this composition, such as the contrast between the white cloth and the polished marble table, and the reflecting surfaces of metal, water drops, and glass versus the delicate skin of peaches and grapes. The knife that appears to project out over the side of the table is an indicator of Preyer's familiarity with the tradition of Dutch still-life painting. After early training with her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889), Emilie Preyer painted her…
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Emilie Preyer (1849–1930) was a German artist, born in Düsseldorf.
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