Greta Berg

Peaches

<p>I sketched this pleasing shape of the group of peaches at MIA. They seemed like a good subject for an indanthrone blue and complementary orange study.</p>


Dutch still life with fruit, foliage, and insects.

Still lifes often carried symbolic meanings for their original Dutch viewers. Here, the crowded display of fruit and insects testifies to the bounty of nature. Abraham Mignon’s virtuoso technique also reveals his desire to vie with the natural world and briefly halt time’s passage by fixing these objects in paint. The sheer variety of natural organisms still fascinates. But the fruit has begun to rot, and the once-mighty oak tree shows signs of blight. The stone in the foreground has fallen from a once-perfect building, and the arch in the right background crumbles. Butterflies and caterpillars, traditional symbols of transience, also allude to the impermanence of earthly things.

Greta Berg
Peaches, Watercolor on paper

Inspired by:

Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects, 17th century — Artist: Abraham Mignon — Oil on canvas

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Greta Berg Peaches, Watercolor on paper

Inspired by:

Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects, 17th century — Artist: Abraham Mignon — Oil on canvas

What does inspiration mean to you?

Connect with the artist

Greta Berg
Peaches, Watercolor on paper