This early 20th-century artist was considered progressive when he painted this still life called The Lobster.

This scene shows a table with a white tablecloth draped over it with several food items placed on top. The table is cropped so only the top and a few inches of the front side are shown; the legs and ends of the table are not seen. The background wallpaper is a soft pink and green floral motif. The focal point on the table is a red lobster on a platter placed toward the left side of the canvas. The giant claws hang over the front side of the table, and the very tip of the claw falls on the right off the edge of the canvas. To the left of the lobster is a yellow and green head of lettuce. On the right side of the crustacean are oranges, heart-shaped yellow peaches, and a large bunch of dark purple grapes. There is a giant yellow mango on the right side of the table, sitting next to a white pitcher. The handle of the pitcher is facing out toward the viewer, and pink dashes make a flower shape with green dashes as leaves on the bulbous body of the pitcher.

The artist signed his last name, “Dove,” in the bottom right corner.