Two words promptly popped into my head - pumpkin paintings - and this is the post that was the result! ;)
So who else is also painting pumpkins?
![Ujházy Still Life of Fruit](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Ujh%C3%A1zy_Still_Life_of_Fruit.jpg/256px-Ujh%C3%A1zy_Still_Life_of_Fruit.jpg)
Still Life of Fruit' by Ferenc Ujházy (1827-1921)[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Bodegón de frutas y hortalizas (Van der Hamen)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bodeg%C3%B3n_de_frutas_y_hortalizas_%28Van_der_Hamen%29.jpg/512px-Bodeg%C3%B3n_de_frutas_y_hortalizas_%28Van_der_Hamen%29.jpg)
"Bodegón de frutas y hortalizas." Juan Van Der Hamen (1596-1631) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Jan Davidsz. de Heem - Fruit and a Vase of Flowers - WGA11279](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Jan_Davidsz._de_Heem_-_Fruit_and_a_Vase_of_Flowers_-_WGA11279.jpg/512px-Jan_Davidsz._de_Heem_-_Fruit_and_a_Vase_of_Flowers_-_WGA11279.jpg)
Fruit and a Vase of Flowers (1655) by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606–1683/1684) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Still-Life with Fruit and Crystal Vase 1652 Willem van Aelst](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Still-Life_with_Fruit_and_Crystal_Vase_1652_Willem_van_Aelst.jpg/256px-Still-Life_with_Fruit_and_Crystal_Vase_1652_Willem_van_Aelst.jpg)
Still-Life with Fruit and Crystal Vase by Willem van Aelst (1627–1682) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Albert Eckhout - Abóboras e Melões](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Albert_Eckhout_-_Ab%C3%B3boras_e_Mel%C3%B5es.jpg)
"Pumpkins and melons" by Albert Eckhout (c.1610-c.1666) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Bartolomeo Bimbi - The Pumpkin - WGA02200](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Bartolomeo_Bimbi_-_The_Pumpkin_-_WGA02200.jpg/512px-Bartolomeo_Bimbi_-_The_Pumpkin_-_WGA02200.jpg)
The Pumpkin by Bartolomeo Bimbi (1648-1730) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![François Bonvin - Still life](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bonvin_-_Still_life.jpg/256px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bonvin_-_Still_life.jpg)
"Still life with a Pumpkin, Peaches and a Silver Goblet on a Table Top" by François Bonvin (1817-1887)[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Théodule-Augustin Ribot - Still Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs and Jug - Google Art Project](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Th%C3%A9odule-Augustin_Ribot_-_Still_Life_with_Pumpkin%2C_Plums%2C_Cherries%2C_Figs_and_Jug_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/512px-Th%C3%A9odule-Augustin_Ribot_-_Still_Life_with_Pumpkin%2C_Plums%2C_Cherries%2C_Figs_and_Jug_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
Still Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs and Jug (1860) by Théodule-Augustin Ribot [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![Carl Schuch, Stillleben mit Kürbis, Pfirsich und Weintrauben, um 1884](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Carl_Schuch%2C_Stillleben_mit_K%C3%BCrbis%2C_Pfirsich_und_Weintrauben%2C_um_1884.jpg/512px-Carl_Schuch%2C_Stillleben_mit_K%C3%BCrbis%2C_Pfirsich_und_Weintrauben%2C_um_1884.jpg)
Stillleben mit Kürbis, Pfirsich und Weintrauben by Carl Schuch (1846-1903) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Love these gorgeous examples of pumpkin paintings! Earlier today I posted my third annual giveaway for a mixed media pumpkin painting right here: http://pollyjones.blogspot.com/2012/10/pumpkin-painting-giveaway-original-art.html
ReplyDeleteDes citrouilles sous toutes les formes artistiques...
ReplyDeleteDes oeuvres magnifiques.
Gros bisous
Thank you Martine
ReplyDeletePolly - what an excellent idea!