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...paintings in Impressionist Still Life are all there for a reason, but some are more famous or considered more significant than others. Henri Fantin-Latour??s “Still Life: Corner of a Table” (1873), for example, is thought to be the culmination of what he was trying to do artistically: to arrange a still life so as to make it seem unarranged...
Impressionist Still Life is rich with meaning because many of the paintings, as well as being important aesthetically, have anecdotal significance. They trace friendships and artistic influences among the featured painters and tell personal histories. Fantin-Latour??s beautifully balanced composition of color compliments, “The Betrothal Still Life” (1869), was the artist’s proposal of marriage to Mademoiselle Dubourg. “Moss Roses in a Vase” (1882) is a touching still life Manet painted while dying, composed of flowers given to him by friends (most of whom were...
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