Artwork
Still Life With a Jar and Fruits
Still Life With a Jar and Fruits is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Vilhelm Lundstrøm. It dates from 1924 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting is a still life depicting fruit alongside a jar, executed in oil on canvas.
The painting is a still life depicting fruit alongside a jar, executed in oil on canvas. The combination of a vessel and arranged produce is a conventional still-life motif, in which the jar anchors the composition as a stable, architectural element while the fruits introduce organic form and color. Within the tradition of the genre, such arrangements typically engage with themes of abundance, sensory pleasure, and the transience of natural things, presenting everyday objects as subjects worthy of sustained pictorial attention.
Created in 1924, the work reflects Vilhelm Lundstrøm's engagement with the still-life genre during a period when he was exploring formal concerns of color, volume, and composition. The pairing of a manufactured container with natural produce sets up a dialogue between the human-made and the organic, a tension that has long given the still life its conceptual resonance.
Technique & Style
The work is painted in oil on canvas, with the support measuring 114 cm in height and 146.5 cm in width.
Lundstrøm’s handling emphasizes flat, planar organization and muted color harmonies, aligning with the structured, almost geometric still-life idiom of the 1920s. Forms are simplified and arranged parallel to the picture plane, reducing spatial illusion in favor of rhythmic pattern. The composition centers on a cylindrical jar flanked by fruit, rendered with crisp contours and subdued tonal contrasts.
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History & Provenance
The painting was created by Vilhelm Lundstrøm in 1924, as indicated by its documented inception year and the artist’s confirmed authorship in primary records.
It entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it has remained as part of the national holdings. The work’s dimensions are recorded at 114.0 cm in height and 146.5 cm in width, consistent with the museum’s documentation.
Still Life With a Jar and Fruits is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. The work, an oil painting on canvas created in 1924, depicts fruit and measures 1140 by 1465 units according to collection records.
The painting has been included in the exhibition From Golden Age to Cobra: 150 years of Danish Art, which highlighted developments in Danish art over a century and a half.
Overview
Still Life With a Jar and Fruits is a 1924 oil painting by Vilhelm Lundstrøm, featuring a straightforward composition of everyday objects. The work is part of the collection at the Statens Museum for Kunst.
Context
While specific contextual influences on this work are not detailed, its emphasis on everyday subjects and expressive brushwork aligns with broader early 20th-century artistic movements emphasizing simplicity and tactile painting techniques.
Legacy
The painting's legacy is marked by its representation of Lundstrøm's style within the Statens Museum for Kunst's collection, though its broader impact or influence on subsequent artists is not prominently highlighted in available information.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Vilhelm Lundstrøm (26 May 1893 – 9 May 1950) was a Danish modernist painter. He was a central figure in early Danish experimental art and introduced French cubism to Denmark.
