# Fruits of the Midi, in Impressionism

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this in 1881, aged 40. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Pomegranates, peppers and other fruits and vegetables of the south are spread across a white tablecloth in glowing reds, yellows and purples. Renoir painted the still life in 1881, a year in which he travelled to Algeria and Italy and was increasingly drawn to the light and colour of the Mediterranean.

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## The work

- Date: 1881
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 51 × 65 cm (20 1/16 × 25 5/8 in.); Framed: 70.2 × 85.1 × 8.9 cm (27 5/8 × 33 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1176
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pierre-Auguste Renoir](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pierre-auguste-renoir), French, 1841–1919

Renoir began as a painter of porcelain in Paris, then studied in Gleyre’s studio, where he met Monet, Sisley and Bazille. In the 1870s he was a central figure of Impressionism, painting Parisians at leisure in dappled light.

12 works in the collection.

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