The Apple Guy
Date2010
Artist
Robert C. Jackson
American painter, born 1964
MediumOil on linen
Dimensions40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
frame: 42 × 32 × 2 1/4 in. (106.7 × 81.3 × 5.7 cm)
frame: 42 × 32 × 2 1/4 in. (106.7 × 81.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Martha and Donald DeWees Foundation, 2012
Object number2012-46
On View
On viewCollections
- Contemporary Art on View
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextRobert Jackson incorporates humor into his paintings as a means of engaging with the viewer. The Apple Guy quotes Rene Magritte's The Son of Man (1964), in which a green apple similarly obscures the face of the artist. Jackson includes other well-known portraits and self-portraits in the trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") composition, including works by Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Jamie Wyeth.
