Still Life with a Melon

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About the artwork Still Life with a Melon

In a composition of great geometrical accuracy where a melon cut in half with decorative purposes emerges, two diagonals, outlined with precise correspondence, exalt the very careful exhibit of fruit kept together by the four artichokes centralizing the observation on the delightful richness of details provided by fruits which arouse the wish to taste them, so rich in life they are. (Aldo Maria Pero)

About the artist Ivan Iliev

»The main characteristics of my artistic work are the love for nature and my affinity for painting from the late Renaissance and Baroque periods. I encounter the subjects of my pictures in reality, right around me, every day. The plants that have always fascinated me are not just natural forms - perfect in design - but, like every creation in the world around us, also synonymous with the message of growing and wilting, of flowing time.«

Ivan Iliev (* 1951 in Burgas, Bulgaria) studied at the Art Academy in Sofia. After graduating, he worked for several years as artistic editor-in-chief. Since 1990 he lives and works as a freelance artist in Vienna, Austria and has been represented in numerous international group and solo exhibitions.

Artist of the Future Awar, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2020
Collectors’ Vision International Art Award, CAC, 2021