Still Life with Fish
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Title
Still Life with Fish
Subject
Impressionism
Les Halles
Description
In “Celebrating the Impressionist Table”, Palema Todd mentions that one of Renoir’s favorite dishes was herring, “bought from the local fish-woman Joséphine at Les Halles,” cooked over a charcoal fire and served with mustard sauce (pg. 57). This detailed account shows the economic aspect of food as well as the culinary process behind the preparation of the dish. The still life painting does not depict the finished dish itself but a stack of uncooked fish, possibly herrings, on a plate, showing what a middle-class male artist would have eaten in the late-19th century.
Creator
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Source
Todd, Pamela, and Louise Pickford. Celebrating the Impressionist Table. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997.
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste. “Still Life with Fish, C.1890 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir.” www.wikiart.org, January 1, 1890. https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir/still-life-with-fish.
Date
1890
Contributor
Yuyun Kim
Format
Oil on canvas
Citation
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “Still Life with Fish,” Cornell ARTH 3625/6625, accessed May 16, 2024, https://cornellcolab.net/pariscaptialofmodernity/items/show/5657.