Quiet arrangements
Still Life
Flowers past their best, fruit and silver and the slow drama of a tabletop. Dutch banquets of oysters, silver and glass, Chardin's silver tureen, Van Gogh's worn shoes, Cézanne's apples, Vollon's great cheese, and a Korean table of bronze vessels and flowering plants. Small worlds, lovingly lit.
As a puzzle
A classic jigsaw subject. Dense detail and strong contrast against dark grounds give the eye plenty to grab, though those dark grounds are the hard bit.
A good size here: 60–250 pieces.
Styles here: Dutch Golden AgePost-ImpressionismRealismFrench RococoFlemish BaroqueUkiyo-eSymbolismImpressionismAmerican PaintingNorthern RenaissanceKorean PaintingRomanticismItalian and French BaroqueAmerican Impressionism
Painters here: Vincent van GoghHenri Fantin-LatourKeisai EisenWilliam Merritt ChaseÉdouard ManetPierre-Auguste RenoirPaul CézannePaul GauguinEugène DelacroixJ. Alden Weir
47 pictures, pick one to build