Living in France, where still lifes are an important subject in art, Roseman resumed painting still lifes. Complementing his still lifes of fruit, vegetables, and herbs is his series of fish, a subject taken up by Chardin, Delacroix, Courbet, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Braque. Manet, who painted a variety of fish, held a high regard for Chardin's still lifes, which have a concentration on few objects in a compact composition.