Still-life painting with the Bloomsbury artist Duncan Grant

This work was painted around the same time as Duncan Grant’s first solo exhibition and shows his daring abandonment of traditional constraints in still-life painting. Boldly painted works like this secured Grant’s reputation as a central proponent of modern British art and a leading artist of his generation. Another version of this work, executed on canvas, was likely exhibited at his first solo exhibition in 1920 at the Carfax Paterson Gallery in London.
Duncan Grant
Still Life with Fruit and Compotier, c. 1920
Oil on paper laid on cloth
Find out more about this work: philipmould.co...
Filmed by Mike Hopkins (@mikehopkinsfilm)

[@lwaliz]

Charming, as always, and so is the painting! :)

[@jackie4286]

I would like to take it home too. It's exquisite.

[@ivorytower99]

Wow! This video presentation is a month old; how did I miss it?
Of course, you can take it home... It's your gallery; and you purchased (a good amount of) Grant's raisonné.
I love the colours in the compotier--especially its gilding at the front of the base: Grant has created the trompe l'oiel illusion of real gilding!

[@Schlei602]

Love your series.

[@DASBookbinding]

I love it when you feature work by Bloomsbury artists. That’s a cracker!

[@thekingsdaughter4233]

Did you watch the _"Art in Isolation"_ series he did? Bloomsbury artists featured heavily in there, if I remember correctly. 😊 ETA: You can find them collected in playlists on this channel. 😊👍

[@DASBookbinding]

@@thekingsdaughter4233I sure did.

[@karla5227]

Thanks for your insights as ever Philip- fascinating that the compotier is still in Charleston. I'll Look out for it next time I visit!