Majolica Plate with Fruit
Oil on linen 158 x 208 cm 62 x 82 inches
POA
On our first visit to Florence we found this lovely plate at Armando Poggi (apoggi.com).
It is so typical of Majolica pottery representing colourful fruit, flowers and leaves in a beautiful design. Placing it in a simple plywood orange box that had held a Christmas wreath and adding some real fruit emphasises the trompe l’oeil effect with an interplay between the 3 dimensional real fruit and the plate’s glazed lemons and peaches. And here we have the magic of Realist painting, with the subject coming alive!
Now framed in a gorgeous white and gold moulding, the painting’s vibrant colours come into their own. With both size and significant impact this is a statement painting.