{"product_id":"antique-oil-on-wood-still-life-painting-with-autumn-fruit-dated-1927-121-2-x-161-4","title":"Antique Oil-on-Wood Still Life Painting with Autumn Fruit dated 1927 - 12½\" x 16¼\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis painting appears in a photograph on page 170 of Simply French. \n\nSigned and dated 1927, this small oil-on-wood still life was displayed in the yellow kitchen at Chanteduc, Patricia and Walter's farmhouse and cooking school in Vaison-la-Romaine. The painting depicts a generous arrangement of autumn fruit: apples, pears and a banana mounded on a white plate against a warm, tobacco-brown background. The palette runs through amber, ochre and gold, tones that sit naturally against a yellow kitchen wall. The brushwork is confident and unhurried, with a soft, almost velvety depth to the shadows that gives the fruit real weight and presence.\n\nThe frame is handmade — Walter built it himself from wood in his workshop.  Patricia exclaims, \"I like food paintings in my kitchen!\" and this one makes the case entirely on its own terms: it is warm, direct and genuinely appetizing without being decorative in a fussy way.\n\nA painting this size and this good-natured works in any kitchen, dining room or breakfast room where food and daily life are taken seriously. Hang it where the light catches those golden tones — near a window, above a shelf of preserves, or alongside a collection of market finds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition and wear consistent with age and use.\u003cbr\u003eApprox. overall 12½\" high x 16¼\" wide x 1½\" thick  \u003cbr\u003eApprox. overall 32cm high x 41cm wide x 4cm thick \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54310838108498,"sku":"25461","price":1894.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC01190_e340688f-53ec-462b-b915-921dbe51acad.jpg?v=1787306092","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/antique-oil-on-wood-still-life-painting-with-autumn-fruit-dated-1927-121-2-x-161-4","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}