Five pears sit across a luminous field, each one reading a little different in color and shape while cool shadows pull them into a quiet rhythm.

I'm drawn to the theatricality here—ordinary fruit made unexpectedly expressive. Which pear do you gravitate toward?

See it here: https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

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Got a pear.

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"Pear Tree," Gustav Klimt, 1903.

Y'all know Klimt.

While we're familiar with the portraits of women from his Golden Period, this is a natural scene from the same period that doesn't get enough attention.

The choice of a square canvas clicks with his involvement with and inspiration by the Vienna Secession. There are bits of gold leaf here and there, and he kept adding to this after he gave it to his muse/model Emilie Flöge, filling in empty spots and adding more leaves and more pears.

It's a lovely late summer/early fall image as well, evocative of those times when trees are heavily laden with fruit.

I like it, because I've always liked pears, and also because my new home is on Bartlett Avenue!

From the Busch–Reisinger Museum, New Haven, CT.

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Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede. (1561–96) by Joris Hoefnagel, Georg Bocskay, from Mira calligraphiae monumenta.

Source: The Getty

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ec5abf5a-287d-43d1-8f5a-8b3e927e30b2

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I see more pub quiz questions about varieties of pears than actual pears.

I think pears are a yet to be perfected fruit, which is why there are so many varieties. They taste good, and the taste is reasonably complex, but they have a cliff-edge ripeness curve, the texture is disappointing, and the shape awkward.

No pear would be nicer than an apple that tasted like a pear.

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Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

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