Oil on canvas
France, Pontoise, around 1890
Luis Jiménez y Aranda (1845-1928) – Spanish painter
Signed and inscribed lower right ‘Luis Jiménez – Pontoise’
Golden frame
Overall dimensions, framed: 76 x 57.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: fPrivate Collection Southern Germany
The paintings depicting farm girls in Pontoise are one of the most sought after motifs by Luis Jiménez y Aranda; the auction record for a similar work stands at 140,000 Euros

This fine oil painting by the Spanish painter Luis Jiménez y Aranda shows a young girl picking cherries. On a slightly sloping meadow, with a view of a hilly landscape in the background, there is a great cherry tree yielding plenty fruit. The young girl is wearing a traditional costume and has bent one of the lower branches towards her. Two baskets filled with picked cherries stand ready at her side and a third one at her feet is also almost full. Behind the tree there is a ladder leaning against its trunk, where a second girl is also picking cherries, half veiled through the the tree’s leaves. Luis Jiménez was especially successful as a historical painter, but also followed the Spanish art movement of the Costumbrismo, which intended to show the customs and traditions of the people. As such, he was probably as close to French realism as he was to impressionism – and ‘Cherry Picking’ combines the influences from both of these movements.



The painting ‘Cherry Picking’ by Louis Jiménez Aranda is in good condition. The work is varnished and shows some craquelure as well as some traces of framing. The painting is signed in the lower right: ‘Luis Jiménez – Pontoise’. The recent frame shows signs of wear, especially at the corners. The overall dimensions, framed, are 76 x 57.4 cm. The dimensions of the stretcher are 65 x 46 cm.



Louis Jiménez Aranda (1845-1928)

Louis Jiménez Aranda was born in Sevilla to a family of artists. He took painting lessons from his older brother José Jiménez y Aranda (1837-1903) before he studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría in Sevilla, like before his brother had. After a short stay in Rome, Louis Jiménez Aranda moved to Pontoise near Paris and took on French citizenship. He was already exhibiting his artworks at the Salon de Paris when he took part at the World Fair in Paris and Chicago. At the same time, he was also exhibited at national Spanish exhibitions and received, amongst other awards, the 1892 gold medal for the painting ‘La visita del médico’. He focused mainly on historical painting but was also part of the so-called Costumbrismo movement, which sought to depict the customs and traditions of society in a realistic way. Luis Jiménez y Aranda was influenced by his elder brother for parts of his life, but never copied him.

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