Claude Monet painted relatively few still lifes compared to his landscapes, but produced a notable group of fruit and flower pieces early in his career, partly to generate income before his landscape work found a steady market. "Apples and Grapes" reflects this less familiar side of Monet's output, applying the same close attention to light and color on fruit and tabletop that he later brought to haystacks and water lilies. These still lifes show Monet working within a traditional genre while already developing the loose, direct brushwork that would define Impressionism.
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