Vase de Fleurs, Roses
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1885-1890
- Year：1885-1890
- Medium：Oil on canvas
- Dimensions：38 × 30.7 cm
Introduction
As one of the most influential Impressionist painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir thoroughly enjoyed painting flowers, once expressing, “What seems most significant to me about Impressionism is that we as painters have freed painting from the importance of the subject. I can paint flowers freely without needing to tell a story.” When painting Vases de Fleurs, Renoir, as an established artist, demonstrates mature skills and style. Roses show a dreamy, fulsome bouquet, blooms seemingly straining to escape the confines of their container. The white tablecloth floats in undulating waves, capturing cast-off shadows of the flowers and the blue-green background. His soft, glossy brushwork reveals his early skills in porcelain painting. At the same time, his blurry impressionistic brushstrokes blend organically with typical characteristics of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and the Rococo era.
