''Fruit Bowl on a Table'' is a circa 1934

still-life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...

painting by the French artist

Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard (; 3 October 186723 January 1947) was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist ...

which was bought by the city of Strasbourg in 1995 from the heiresses of

Claude Roger-Marx Claude Roger-Marx (12 November 1888, Paris – 17 May 1977, Paris), was a French writer, and playwright, as well as an art critic and art historian like his father Roger Marx (1859–1913). He also used the pen name "Claudinet". Biography Roge ...

. Today this painting is in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain. The painting, with its slightly distorted perspective and its contrast of warm colors with dark shadows displays the late Bonnard's characteristic search for new means to depict space. It is one of several still life paintings he created in that decade.

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Paintings by Pierre Bonnard Paintings in the collection of the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Still life paintings 1934 paintings Post-impressionist paintings Grape Apples Oil on canvas paintings {{20C-painting-stub