Watermelon Botanical Art

Watermelon
Citullus lanatus

Fig. 1

A young boy eating a watermelon, Vincenzo Irolli

Kustodiev Merchants Wife

Fig. 2

The merchant's wife at tea, Boris Kustodiev, 1918


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Roudabush's seed store advertising

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates

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Still-Life with a watermelon and pomegranates, Paul Cézanne, 1900-1906
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fig. 6

Still life with watermelon, William Merritt Chase, 1869

Fig. 7

"I Know'd It Was Ripe." Thomas Hovenden, c 1885
Brooklyn Museum American Art Collection

Русский: Купчиха пьющая чай

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The merchant's wife at tea, Boris Kustodiev, 1923
Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum

Middle Easterner with fruits

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Oriental man with fruit, Nikolaos Gyzis, c 1873
Athens National Gallery

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Fig. ¹ Irolli, Vincenzo. "A Young Boy Eating a Watermelon." Commons Wikimedia, Oil on canvas, 1860-1949, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_YOUNG_BOY_EATING_A_WATERMELON_.jpg. Accessed 12 May 2022.
Fig. ² Kustodiev, Boris."The Merchant's Wife at Tea." State Russian Museum, 1918, Commons Wikimedia, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kustodiev_Merchants_Wife.jpg. Accessed 15 Oct. 2014.
Fig. ^3,4 "Roudabuh's Seed Store Watermelon packet." The Old Design Shop, olddesignshop.com. Accessed 17 Oct. 2014.
Fig. ⁵Cézanne, Paul. "Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates." Metropolitan Museum of Art, Watercolor over graphite on laid paper, 1900-1906, Commons Wikimedia, (CC0 1.0), commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still-Life_with_a_Watermelon_and_Pomegranates_MET_DT4962.jpg. Accessed 12 May 2022.
Fig. ⁶Merritt, Chase, William. "Still-Life With Watermelon." Commons Wikimedia, 1869, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chase_William_Merritt_Still_Life_With_Watermelon_1869.jpg. Accessed 16 June 2016.
Fig. ⁷ Hovenden, Thomas. "I Know'd It Was Ripe." Brooklyn Museum American Art Collection, Oil on canvas, c 1885,
commons.wikimedia.org/File:Thomas_Hovenden_I_Know'd_It_Was_Ripe_c._1885.jpg. Accessed 16 June 2016.
Fig. ⁸Kustodiev, Boris. "Merchant’s Wife, drinking tea." Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, oil on canvas, 1923, Commons Wikimedia, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Кустодиев_-_Купчиха,_пьющая_чай_-_1923.jpg. Accessed 15 July 2016.
Fig. ⁹Gyzis, Nikolaos. "Middle Easterner with fruits." Athens National Gallery, oil on canvas, c. 1873, Commons Wikimedia, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyzis_Nikolaos_Middle_Easterner_with_fruits.jpg. Accessed 1 Aug. 2019.

Published 16 Oct. 2014 LR. Last update 12 May 2022 LR