Luis Melendez - Still Life: fruits, vegetables & cooking utensils

Luis Melendez: Master of the Spanish Still Life




After leaving the National Museum of Art in DC, the show will be in LA from Sept 23-January 3, and Boston in January 31-May 9, 2010.

For those unable to see the exhibition, the National Museum of Art website has some gorgeous photos of the paintings and objects.

The still life paintings of Luis Melendez [1715-1780] depict tomatoes, melons, cauliflower, fish, bread, pomegranates, artichokes and more fruits & vegetables with cooking utensils. In addition to the paintings, the exhibition includes "period objects—including an 18th-century cork wine cooler, Alcorcón pottery, a lusterware honey pot, and a copper chocolate pot—like those represented in Meléndez's mesmerizing still lifes.

"Further details at the website: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/melendezinfo.shtm If you click the 'exhibition feature' on the right of the main page you see a slide show of over 30 of his paintings and photos of objects on display.

Slide show direct link: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2009/melendez/index.shtm