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Piles of plump cucumbers, juicy watermelons and ripe tomatoes fill the paintings by little-known Spanish artist Luis Melendez to advertise nature’s bounty.
Inspired by 17th-century Dutch paintings, photographer Paulette Tavormina creates still lifes of remarkable beauty. Check out a gallery of her work, plus a Q&A ...
Stanchi’s watermelon, which was painted sometime between 1645 and 1672, offers a glimpse of a time before breeding changed the fruit forever. The watermelon, then and now.
Still Life with Fruit Dish, 1879-80 . www.scalarchives ... But there’s a very different still life with a sugar bowl from the early part of his career where the paint is laid on so thick it ...