Vase of Flowers with Lemon

Two versions of this still life on a mantelpiece—a vase of flowers, papers, and a lemon—were painted by Grant in 1913. This painting displays his signature style consisting of bright colors and bold lines influenced by the works of the Fauves and Cézanne in the French Post-Impressionism. This painting was made the same year Grant started co-directing with painter Vanessa Bell the Omega Workshops, an avant-garde design enterprise which produced furniture, pottery, and textiles designed by various young artists including Grant and Bell themselves who sought to remove what they considered the false divisions between the fine and decorative arts.