Still Life
André Derain (French, 1880–1954)
1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- height 46.5 cm, width 55 cm, height 61 cm, width 70 cm
- Culture
- French
- Museum
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
About this work
The cup and the bread. Even though the third element – the pitcher – is not part of the Last Supper, it is hard not to think of Jesus’ final meal when regarding this denuded, unprepossessing painting. Any sense of the material qualities of the objects has virtually disappeared. Shadows and volume are gone, the contours are greatly reduced, and the colours faint. All that is left is the ghost-like appearance of these objects in an indefinable space. The absent and blurred qualities conjure up a unique sense of mystery in the painting and help communicate a spiritual dimension; something that became increasingly important for Derain after 1910.
