Spiros Xenos Maritime Art Paul Getty Museum

Paul Getty Museum

creating the kind of varied maritime activity that Verdié captured in his coastal scenes

Pacouil presents himself with the same careful attention to structure

Frame: 62 × 50 cm (24 ½ × 19 ½ in

and date of September 1945

Spiros Xenos Maritime Art Paul Getty MuseumAbout the Painting This still life oil painting, created around 1950, portrays a table adorned with fruit, books, and pottery. The composition demonstrates Xenos's mature approach to still life painting, combining careful observation of everyday objects with a modernist sensibility toward color and form. The arrangement of objects creates a balanced composition that reflects both classical still life traditions and mid 20th century aesthetic concerns.