Still Life with Apples and Pomegranate (After Courbet) is one of a series of paintings that Guy executed for an exhibition of works inspired by Old Masters. 

Alexander Guy, born 1962

Born in St Andrews, Fife, Guy trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1980 to 1984, and then spent two years at the Royal College of Art in London. Since graduating he has exhibited widely, both in Britain and internationally, with solo exhibitions in Italy, Germany, Scotland and London. In 1997 he joined the teaching staff at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.