Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix

Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix
French: Nature morte à l'esquisse de Delacroix
Artist	Paul Gauguin
Year	circa 1887
Medium	oil painting on canvas
Movement	Post-Impressionism
Subject	still life sketch by Eugène Delacroix
Dimensions	45 cm × 30 cm (18 in × 12 in)[1]
Location	Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession	1931

Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix^[2] is an oil painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin. The undated work is thought to have been painted during the artist's 1887 stay in Martinique. It was bequeathed to the Strasbourg museum by Raymond Koechlin [fr] (of the Koechlin family) in 1931 and is now on display in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.662.^[1][3]

The painting depicts a still life of exotic fruit and a large glass bottle on a wooden table. On the wall behind hangs an engraving after a sketch by Eugène Delacroix, depicting The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. Gauguin's work thus represents the loss of a traditional Paradise and the gain of new one, represented by the generous nature of a far-away island.^[1][4]

References

1. Pfenninger, Margaret (February 2008). Les collections du musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la ville de Strasbourg. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 53. ISBN 978-2-901833-82-6.
2. "Still Life with a Sketch after Delacroix, 1887". Artsy. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
3. "Nature morte à l'esquisse de Delacroix". navigart.fr/mamcs. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
4. "The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1844". Artsy. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

External links

• Nature morte à l’esquisse de Delacroix Archived 2021-06-08 at the Wayback Machine on the museum's website