Still Life with Apples and Breton Pots by Roderic O’Conor is a deceptively simple yet intensely modern still life, painted around 1896–1897. At first glance it seems quiet and familiar, but the longer you look, the more its energy reveals itself: bold colour, confident composition, and a striking freedom with form and space.
O’Conor arranges the apples and Breton pottery on a dark cloth with a vivid palette of blue, orange, white, yellow, and deep wine-red. Rather than using traditional shading or rigid perspective, he lets the colours do the work, giving the objects a luminous, almost weightless presence. The result is a painting that feels both grounded in everyday life and alive with post-impressionist experimentation.
Born in County Roscommon, O’Conor became one of the most distinctive Irish artists of his generation, and his time in Brittany brought him into contact with the avant-garde ideas that shaped modern painting. This print is a superb choice for anyone who appreciates Irish art, still life, or the inventive spirit of post-impressionism.
Sizes & Format
50x50 cm / 20x20″
70x70 cm / 28x28″
100x100 cm / 40x40″
Available framed in black, white, or wood, or unframed.
Print & Frame Details
Archival matte paper, 250gsm, acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints are presented in a solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.
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