Still life with apples and bottles - Oil painting on canvas - Peter Ringoot (1921-2011)
Painted in the artist's studio in Lebbeke (East Flanders - Belgium) The design for a second still life and a chair is visible in the background.
A still life is an artistic composition of motionless or lifeless objects, which have been lit with care. Painting a still life allows a painter to concentrate on the composition and on the use of colour and tonal value, the flowing distinction in colour nuances between the lightest and darkest lot.
As an academic painter, Pieter made dozens of still lifes with various materials.
Galerie Ringoot is a homage to the work of the Belgian painter Pieter Ringoot (1921 - 2011) and the Dutch illustrator, writer and painter Hans Sturris.
This online art gallery shows a selection of the artists' work, consisting of oil paintings, watercolours, pen drawings, Sketches, ..
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