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The Window, Modernist Still Life with Fruit, Ca 1920 Slightly Cubist French Oil on Canvas
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The Window, Modernist Still Life with Fruit, Ca 1920 Slightly Cubist French Oil on Canvas

1900 - 1920
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This beautifully coloured and very slightly cubist modernist still life dates from the 1920s. Depicting a plate with peaches and grapes along with a jug and a tray, we see a bit of blue sky through the window in the right hand corner - a lovely touch, which seems to open a whole new world.

The painting is unsigned but a faint inscription "Tullat" on the stretcher and on the back of the canvas may refer to the artist Luc Tullat (born 1895). Tullat signed her work with the male Christian name 'Luc', although she was actually called .. Lucie! Tullat studied at the l’école nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1919 to 1925. She exhibited regularly at Paris’ Salon d’Automne and Salon des Tuileries.

Painted on a reused canvas, a practice common among artists in the early 20th century when materials were expensive, the artwork presents some stable craquelure. It is presented in a beautiful period wood carved frame that matches the painting wonderfully. With the canvas measuring 38 x 46 cm the overall framed size is 51 x 59 cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
38cm (14.96")
Width
46cm (18.11")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Still Life to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA983479
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Description
This beautifully coloured and very slightly cubist modernist still life dates from the 1920s.
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Depicting a plate with peaches and grapes along with a jug and a tray, we see a bit of blue sky through the window in the right hand corner - a lovely touch, which seems to open a whole new world.
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fig 1. A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame.
fig 1. The Window, Modernist Still Life with Fruit, Ca 1920 Slightly Cubist French Oil on Canvas

The painting is unsigned but a faint inscription "Tullat" on the stretcher and on the back of the canvas may refer to the artist Luc Tullat (born 1895). Tullat signed her work with the male Christian name 'Luc', although she was actually called .. Lucie! Tullat studied at the l’école nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1919 to 1925. She exhibited regularly at Paris’ Salon d’Automne and Salon des Tuileries.

fig 2. A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame.
fig 2. The Window, Modernist Still Life with Fruit, Ca 1920 Slightly Cubist French Oil on Canvas

Painted on a reused canvas, a practice common among artists in the early 20th century when materials were expensive, the artwork presents some stable craquelure. It is presented in a beautiful period wood carved frame that matches the painting wonderfully. With the canvas measuring 38 x 46 cm the overall framed size is 51 x 59 cm.

Height
38cm (14.96")
Width
46cm (18.11")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Skippings Fine Arts has dated this French Modernist Still Life to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA983479
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Archive I A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame.

The window, modernist still life with fruit, ca 1920 slightly cubist French oil on canvas

Archive II A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame. View II
Archive III A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame. View III
Archive IV A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame. View IV
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Archive VI A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame. View VI
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A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame.
The window, modernist still life with fruit, ca 1920 slightly cubist French oil on canvas
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A framed 1920s French modernist oil painting depicting a ceramic pitcher, peaches, and grapes on a table beside a window in a gilded frame.
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French modernist still life paintings from the 1920s often combine traditional composition with subtle Cubist influences, incorporating geometric simplification, flattened perspectives, and structured arrangements of everyday items such as fruit and ceramics.

Artisans used oil paints composed of natural pigments bound in linseed oil, applied onto stretched linen or cotton canvas, and frequently housed in carved, gilded wooden frames featuring swept corners and gesso detailing.

Authentic period artworks display natural age-related craquelure across the paint layer, genuine oxidisation on the reverse of the canvas, historic stretcher construction with wooden keys, and period-appropriate framing techniques.

Position the painting centrally above a sideboard, mantelpiece, or desk to serve as a focal point, pairing its warm tones with neutral plaster walls, dark timber furniture, or minimal lighting fixtures.

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