Luis Melendez 'Still Life with Melon and Pears' Canvas Art

<ul><li>Artist: Luis Melendez </li><li>Subject: Still Life</li><li>Style: Traditional</li><li>Product Type: Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Art</li></ul> <p>This ready to hang, gallery-wrapped art piece features pears sitting in a still life scene.</p> <p>Prominent Colors: Black, Brown, Tan, Grey</p> <p>Luis Egidio Melendez? was a Spanish painter. Though he received little acclaim during his lifetime and died in poverty, Melendez is recognized as the greatest Spanish?still-life?painter of the 18th century. His mastery of composition and light, and remarkable ability to convey the volume and texture of individual objects enabled him to transform the most mundane of kitchen fare into powerful images.</p> <p>Giclee (jee-clay) is an advanced printmaking process for creating high quality fine art reproductions. The attainable excellence that Giclee printmaking affords makes the reproduction virtually indistinguishable from the original piece. The result is wide acceptance of Giclee by galleries, museums, and private collectors. Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so that the canvas wraps around the sides and is secured a hidden, wooden frame. This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.</p>