Artwork Info: Objects on a Table

Buy print

Buy Painting

Buy Image

Send

Objects on a Table

1920
89.0 x 116.0 cm

Painted in France, where Bruce lived from 1904 to 1936, this still life depicts cut fruit, a glass with a straw, block-like shapes, and an architectural column with clean lines, geometric clarity, and cool tonalities. The painting exudes a rational stillness, especially when compared to Cubist still lifes by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. In fact, Objects on a Table marks a deliberate and profound departure from Cubism, which gained negative associations during World War I because its fragmentation of form appeared to visualize the conflict’s deadly destruction.

patrick henry bruce (1881 – 1936)

Explore the abstract art of Patrick Henry Bruce (1881-1936), an American modernist influenced by Matisse & Cézanne. Known for geometric forms & flat color, his work anticipated Purism.