Flowers and Fruit — Fine Art

Flowers and Fruit by Pierre-Auguste Renoir brings together blooms and produce on one plane. Colours sit close together in loose patches rather than sharp outlines. The arrangement feels casual, as if someone set it down and left it there. Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted in this way during the impressionist period.

The fine art print uses a matte sheet that keeps the paint patches from shining. A light frame beside dark trim or a dark frame on a pale wall lets the frame finish follow the room.

In a dining room, the plate of fruit and the vase of flowers read from the far end of the table. From the doorway you see the broad colour areas, and standing closer you notice the separate strokes.