Tag: bouquet

Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bouquet de chrysanthèmes (Bouquet of Chrysanthemums) 1881 Oil on canvas, 66 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir felt that he had greater freedom to experiment in still lifes than in figure paintings. “When…

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume 1635 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a burgomaster of Leeuwarden in Friesland, was 23 years old and had been married to…

Nature morte avec des pivoines (1884)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Nature morte avec des pivoines (Still Life with Peonies) 1884 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit…

The Loge (1878-1880)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Loge c.1878–1880 Oil on canvas, 79.8 x 63.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, two young women with pale, peachy skin wearing white gowns sit close together and almost fill this…

Bouquet de soleils dans un vase (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Bouquet de soleils (Bouquet of Sunflowers) 1881 Oil on canvas, 101 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In November 1888, Van Gogh wrote: “Gauguin was telling me the other day—that he’d seen a painting by…

Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes (1872)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes (Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets) 1872 Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 40.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot 1872 Victoria and Albert Museum, London     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883)…

Fleurs dans un vase (1909)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Fleurs dans un vase (Flowers in a Vase) 1909 Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 32.7 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo For Henri Rousseau, the theme of the still life, especially flowers, offered a pleasant diversion from more ambitious,…