Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Jean Siméon Chardin’s “The Cut Melon”
Permanent Collection
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, Texas
Kimbellart.org
The Kimbell Art Museum announces the acquisition of “The Cut Melon” by Jean Siméon Chardin. Dated 1760, “The Cut Melon” has long been recognized as one of the artist’s most remarkable paintings—rare in its oval shape and exemplifying Chardin’s mastery at its peak. The rare oval format—Chardin used it again only a few times—amplifies the curving shapes within “The Cut Melon.” Through a nuanced manipulation of light and color, Chardin creates an uncanny sensation of weight and volume for each of the painting’s depicted elements but at the same time gives an impression of lively buoyancy.
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[Image: Jean Siméon Chardin, The Cut Melon, 1760, oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum.]
