Southern still life 1946

Pyotr Konchalovsky made this painting around 1946 with what looks like oil on canvas. It's called "Southern Still Life." I can almost see him, lost in the studio, moving those objects around, trying to get the light just so. There is a kind of earthy palette that speaks of warmth, of late summer days. I wonder what kind of brushstrokes he used to make the jug look so round and full? You know, painting is so much about the surface, the texture, the feel of it. And here, it’s like you can almost touch those grapes or smell the ripe corn. And look at that bottle, off to the side, with the red and white patterned cloth behind it – it's got a kind of energy, right? Like he’s trying to capture not just what’s there, but how it feels to be there. When you look at his painting, you can see him chatting with the still lives of Cezanne and Matisse. It's like we're all in this big art conversation, you know?