Mound of Butter
Contemporary Realism
1885
68.0 x 78.0 cm
A mound of creamy, yellow butter sits to our left of center on a wooden table against an olive-green background in this horizontal still life painting. White cloth, presumably the wrapper or cover, is pushed down around the base of the mound to expose the heap of butter. The top of the mound has a few gouge marks and furrows. A long, narrow wooden paddle is stuck vertically into the right side of the mound, and is submerged almost up to the handle in butter. Two white eggs rest on the table in front of the white fabric, to our right of center. Loose brushstrokes are visible throughout, so the swipes of paint seem to almost become the butter. The artist signed the painting with black letters in the lower left corner: “A. Vollon.”
Antoine Vollon(1833 – 1900)
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作品詳細
- 作品名: Mound of Butter
- 作家: Antoine Vollon
- 制作年: 1885
- 作品サイズ: 68.0 x 78.0 cm
- 技法: Landscape
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- 動勢: Contemporary Realism
- 制作時期: Mature Period
- キーワード: egg still life , french realism , food still life
- 彩度: Balanced