George Clare, Early Autumnal Still Life With Grapes, Orchard Fruit & Basket

George Clare, Early Autumnal Still Life With Grapes, Orchard Fruit & BasketThis delicate late 19th century oil painting by English artist George Clare (1835 1890) depicts a bounty of fruit, together with a wicker basket, nestled into a mossy bank. Clare's rich and luminous still lifes always remind one of a gentle walk in the English countryside. It's as if he's gathered this ripe selection, placed it in a basket, and sat down somewhere to rest awhile. Unlike some of his peers who were drawn to the abundant style of the

Did his father approve

the artist has captured the canal from a low vantage point

the dark form of a tree in near silhouette cuts into view

scarf and slanted trilby hat

He’s wearing a dark suit with a blue bow tie and carrying a hat

Laudy’s still lifes capture a snapshot

Dauphine of France (1770)’

Still life

France and UK

The light is sublime with the foreground in shade and the further trees strongly lit

Perhaps Cotman sat alongside him discussing the changing light before traipsing up the hills for an elevated position

Young Estall was entranced