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Nature morte au melon W245 par Claude Monet, musée Calouste Gulbenkian
  • Nature morte au melon W245 par Claude Monet, musée Calouste Gulbenkian
  • Nature morte au melon W245 par Claude Monet, musée Calouste Gulbenkian
Still life with melon W245 - Claude Monet

Still life with melon W245 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Still life · Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

Still life with melon W245hand painted reproduction

An open melon, peaches, grapes and a large plate of blue and white porcelain make up a generous still life. Monet contrasts the round shapes of the fruits with the geometry of the table and the lively decor of the ceramics.

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Still life with melon W245Claude Monet · 1872
1872Dating
53 × 72 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Inv. 450 · Wildenstein 245Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
Controlled in photoYou see the finished painting before it leaves.
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Look at the work

Fruits, porcelain and tablecloth in a very calculated balance

On the right, the striated and cut melon shows its orange flesh between green and cream ribs. A bunch of grapes overflow from the dish and advance towards the edge of the table. On the left, the peaches are stacked in a compote bowl in front of a large set plate, the blue decoration of which immediately catches the eye.

The white tablecloth does not serve as a neutral background: its folds create diagonals and shadow areas that connect objects. The gray wall, more stable, brings out the fruits and porcelain. The warm oranges of the melon and peaches respond to the intense blue of the decor, while the grapes introduce a duller transition.

The richness of the painting is born from three very different materials - fruit, porcelain and fabric - which Monet unites through light and a play of complementary colors.

Composition, touch and light

What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot

Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

01

Melon as open volume

The ribs alternate green, yellow and white broken around orange flesh. The volume depends on these progressive passages and the shadow cast on the flat, not on a dark outline.

02

Porcelain as a counterpoint

The blue and white decor creates an almost graphic surface behind the peaches. It should remain precise but slightly integrated with the overall touch, so as not to appear printed above the paint.

03

A tablecloth that connects objects

The folds lead the compote tree's gaze towards the melon then towards the grapes. The whites contain beige, gray, pink and blue, which gives the fabric its weight and depth.

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The reference makes it possible to distinguish the details of the porcelain decoration, the variations of the melon skin and the colored shadows of the tablecloth, three determining elements for a faithful copy.

Composition01

Balanced round masses

Plate, peaches, melon and grapes respond to each other in shape, while the edge of the table stabilizes the whole.

Color02

Blue versus orange

Cold porcelain intensifies the warm tones of the fruits and gives energy to the composition.

Matter03

Opposing textures

The rough skin of the melon, the softness of the peaches, the shine of the grapes and the matte tablecloth require different touches.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

This still life from 1872 belongs to the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and is an important example of Monet's research outside the landscape.

Gender01

A rare ambitious still life

Monet deploys here an elaborate composition where domestic objects become a field for studying color, light and textures.

Collection02

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

The work is kept in Lisbon under inventory number 450.

Reference03

Wildenstein 245

Painted in 1872, this oil on canvas measures 53 × 72 cm and combines melon, peaches, grapes and blue and white porcelain.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • Render the melon ribs by color transitions rather than rigid separations.
  • Preserve the blue detail of the porcelain without giving it a sharpness foreign to the rest of the painting.
  • Differentiate flesh, skin, peaches and grapes using suitable brush materials.
  • Construct the folds of the tablecloth with colored whites and transparent shadows.

Work sheet

Title Still life with melon W245
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1872
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 53 × 72 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Inventory Inv. 450 · Wildenstein 245
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Google Arts & Culture · Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

Fruit oranges, porcelain blue and warm whites create an ideal focal point for a dining room, elegant kitchen or living room. A walnut, deep blue or patinated gold frame reinforces its character as a collector's painting.

Still life with melon W245, painted for your interior

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