Still Life Oil Painting of Peaches in a Basket

This item is a representational still life oil painting on canvas, depicting a spilled overturned wicker basket overflowing with ripe peaches and leafy green foliage. The composition uses a dark, moody chiaroscuro lighting style, emphasizing the textures of the fruit's fuzzy skin and the woven splints of the basket. The color palette is dominated by warm umbers, deep reds, soft oranges, and muted sage greens. The painting is housed in a contemporary gilded wood frame with a tiered profile and metallic gold finish, which appears to be in good condition. The canvas itself shows a relatively smooth paint application with visible brushwork in the highlights of the peaches. No signature is clearly visible in the lower corners in this photograph, which is common for amateur or decorative mid-20th-century works. The style suggests an 11th-century realism influence, likely produced between 1940 and 1970. The condition of the painting surface appears stable, with no obvious signs of flaking, craquelure, or significant tearing, though some surface dust is present. The overall craftsmanship indicates a competent hand, particularly in the rendering of light and volume on the fruit.