Oranges and Bananas (Oranges et bananes)

Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Three ripe bananas and three shiny oranges rest on a white tablecloth. Renoir offset the bananas' contours with thick white lines and encircled the oranges with the same glowing golden-brown that he used for the background. As a result, the fruits seem to vibrate with the energy of living bodies. If the recumbent bananas seem to recall reclining nudes, it's no accident: Renoir once remarked that he painted women "like beautiful fruit."

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