Antoine Vollon (1833–1900) was a French painter best known for richly handled still lifes, especially food, vessels and kitchen utensils. Born in Lyon, he initially trained in decorative painting before moving to Paris in the 1850s. His work attracted attention at the Paris Salon for its vigorous brushwork and ability to suggest different surfaces.
His Fish (1871–75), held by the Brooklyn Museum, arranges freshly caught fish with reeds and a basket. Loose strokes of paint evoke wet scales and rough textures without sacrificing the recognisable forms of the objects. Vollon also painted landscapes, portraits and scenes of everyday life.
Like the Realist painter Jean-François Millet, he found worthwhile subjects outside academic history painting, although Vollon was especially drawn to the physical presence of objects. He was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1897 and died in Paris in 1900.
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