Still Life

Colors in this work

Artist: Paul Gauguin
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 15 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (38.4 x 46.4 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #955B14 · 26%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #372D1B · 12%

Slate Night · Black family · #252C36 · 10%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #534A3F · 9%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #293937 · 9%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D4C8AE · 7%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4A553A · 6%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B58B43 · 5%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #716243 · 4%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5B3918 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #796F27 · 3%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A2AABD · 2%

Lead Blue Veil · Blue family · #6F778B · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #0C0C03 · 1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #BF4B02 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #ADC0BF · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #634043 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #152071 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967

9 tags

Still Life Both · 99%

The catalog lists Still Life and Fruit as subjects, and the image clearly shows an arranged group of fruit, vessels, cloth, and a flower.
Food Both · 98%

Fruit is a central and immediately visible component of the composition, matching the catalog subject listing.

Dense Composition Visual · 93%

The fruit, vase, cloth, and flower overlap across much of the lower and central picture plane, creating a concentrated arrangement with limited empty space around the objects.
Earth Tones Visual · 94%

The palette is dominated by ochers, browns, rust reds, deep greens, and muted blue-grays, alongside the white cloth.

Painting Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted still-life composition.
Oil Painting Both · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas; the image shows layered, visibly textured oil-paint handling.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The supplied catalog dates the work to 1870–1899, placing it within the nineteenth century.

French Art Metadata · 87%

The museum metadata identifies the artist as French, supporting a broad French-art classification without assigning a more specific movement.

Vase Both · 98%

The catalog lists Vases, and the image visibly includes a prominent green vase at the center together with additional vessel-like forms in the background.

Paul Gauguin. Still Life. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.