STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES AND GRAPES:
This painting which is oil on canvas was executed by Auguste Renoir. Still life paintings often adorn the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. It was believed that the foodstuffs and other items depicted there would, in the afterlife, become real and available for use by the deceased. Similar paintings, more simply decorative in intent, have also been found in the Roman frescoes unearthed at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The popular appreciation of still life paintingas a demonstration of the artist's skill is related in the ancient Greek legend of Zeuxis and Parrhasius. His work also include the following

THE TWO SISTERS ON THE TERRACE

CHILDREN AT THE BEACH

YOUNG GIRLS AT THE PIANO