Still Life with a Parrot

Still Life with a Parrot
Nature morte au perroquet (French)
ArtistRobert Delaunay
Year1907
Mediumoil paint on canvas on panel
Movementstill life
Subjectflowers and a parrot
Dimensions82.5 cm × 66.5 cm (32.5 in × 26.2 in)
Location
Accession1978

Still Life with a Parrot is an oil painting on canvas by the French artist Robert Delaunay, from 1907. It is held in the Unterlinden Museum, in Colmar, Alsace (inventory number 88.RP.71).

History and description

The Colmar painting is a manifestation of the young artist's interest in Michel-Eugène Chevreul's theories on colours, and one of his first experimental works. The painting had belonged to the art dealer Louis Carré (1897–1977) and was bought after his death by the Société Schongauer which administrates the museum since its foundation.

A first version of the same motif, but in a more mosaic-like design, nowadays belongs to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Spain.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nature morte au perroquet". webmuseo.com. Musée Unterlinden. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Goerig-Hergott, Frédérique (December 2015). La collection d'art moderne – Le Musée Unterlinden de Alechinsky à Zack. Paris: Éditions Artlys. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-2-85495-627-6.
  3. ↑ "Still-life with a Parrot". museothyssen.org. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrieved 26 August 2023.