Turkestan Apples 1920

Igor Grabar, a Russian painter, made this juicy apple painting. It's like a sea of apples, where blues and greens fight for attention. You can almost feel Grabar dabbing the paint, trying to capture each apple’s unique roundness and colour. The painting feels like a visual feast, celebrating the simple pleasure of these fruits. It makes me wonder, was he hungry? The bright reds and yellows that peek through the apples remind me of Matisse's boldness. There's something very generous in the way he presents these apples to us. What do you think he was thinking when he made it? Painting is so generous because it helps us see things we might otherwise miss. These works are never really finished, they keep changing with us.