The Vegetable Stall, William York MacGregor
Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable image on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the National Galleries of Scotland.
I just love this kind of in-situ still life. MacGregor’s earthy colors and wonderfully brushy, textural approach make this painting — one of the artist’s best known works — a particular delight.










Link: The Vegetable Stall, Google Art Project
This is such a good painting, my tutor always used to refer to this as a great example of how to turn form with just a few brush strokes.
I think in an earlier version, he had the vegetable seller included
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/research/projects-263/x-ray-of-the-vegetable-stall/changes-to-macgregors-vegetable-stall/
w
I read about the figure in the description from the museum, but I hadn’t seen the x-ray. Thanks, Wil!