Still Life 1927 - 1928

Charles Georges Dufresne made this still life with oil, sometime between 1900 and 1938. Look how the brushstrokes create a sense of movement, like everything’s vibrating slightly. It’s not just a static display of objects; it's a moment captured in time. The thickness of the paint gives the canvas a tactile quality, and the colors are earthy and warm. Notice how Dufresne used thick, opaque strokes for the objects in the foreground, like the fruit, while the background seems to dissolve into a hazy, dreamlike state. There's this one little blue square that anchors the composition, it's so solid and present. It reminds me of a similar use of contrasting color in a Cezanne still life, that same tension between representation and pure painterly gesture. This piece feels like a conversation between different movements and ideas. It doesn't offer easy answers; it invites us to linger, to question, and to find our own meaning within its vibrant surface.