The Black Bottle, Samuel John Peploe
Link is to Google Art Project; high resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the National Galleries Scotland.
Wonderfully fluid and economical handling of this table setting subject by Scottish painter Samuel Peploe. It carries a feeling of the still life work of Manet, who was likely an influence.
Link: The Black Bottle, Google Art Project
Thanks Charley. Not familiar with this artist. I added this painting to my Google Art Project collection.
Looking at his later works, he seemed to abandon the calligraphic brush work for a more flat, studied, cubist direction.
Bill
Yes, and though I prefer his earlier work, I like some of his Cezanne-influenced later still life; particularly when it’s textural and painterly: http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=102946
There’s a pretty good overview on The Athenaeum if you haven’t come across it yet: http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?s=yu&m=a&aid=3075
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