Friday, July 21, 2017

Gooseberry in art

Trying to paint a still life with gooseberry, I was really surprised. It's the first time I paint gooseberry! Actually, quite difficult for depiction but so nice and attractive, gooseberry is a rare subject in world art.
In this post, I collected some paintings with gooseberry I could find.

1. Dutch master Adriaen Coorte.

Adriaen Coorte. Still life of an earthenware bowl of wild strawberries, a bundle of asparagus and sprigs of gooseberry and redcurrants, all on a stone ledge with a pale blue butterfly above. Oil painting, 1689



2. Adriaen Coorte. Still life with asparagus, a spray of gooseberries and a bowl of strawberries. 1698. Oil on canvas. 37 x 44 cm.



3. Adriaen Coorte. Gooseberries on a Table 1701 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art.



4. Oliver Clare. English painter (1853 - 1927)

Still Life with Black Grapes, a Strawberry, a Peach and Gooseberries on a Mossy Bank



5. Louise Moillon. French painter (1609–1696)

Still-Life with Cherries Strawberries and Gooseberries 1630




6. Abraham Gibbens
Still Life with Strawberries, Cherries and Gooseberries In a Blue And




7. Pieter Gallis (1633 in Enkhuizen – 1697 in Hoorn), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.



8. Pieter Claesz (c. 1597–1 January 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.



9. Harmen Steenwijck (c.1612 – after 1656) a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes, notably of fruit.
Still-Life


10. Still Life with Strawberries and Gooseberries by Adriana Johanna Haanen, 19th Century


Sure, it is not the full collection, but at least that's all I could find. Please suggest paintings if you know one I didn't represent here.