Peonies in a Vase

Amerikanische Malerei 1885–1890, kb. 1885

A bouquet of six blousy, frilled, white and pale pink peonies are gathered in a vase in this vertical still-life painting. One more flower lies on the table in front of the vase. The bright, cream-white petals of two open flowers curl back from yellow centers. The petals of other flowers are cupped in dense layers, some petals streaked in dark or blush pink. The roughly oval, green leaves come to points at each end. The straight-sided vase is painted so that it nearly disappears into the fog-gray and soft brown background, but the optics of the water in the clear glass play with the light falling beyond it. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner, “C.E. Porter.”
Művész
Amerikanische Malerei 1885–1890
Datálás
kb. 1885
Műfaj
Festmény
Technika
oil on canvas
Méretek
45,72 × 40,64 cm
Gyűjtemény
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenc
Közkincs, CC0

Képleírás

A bouquet of six blousy, frilled, white and pale pink peonies are gathered in a vase in this vertical still-life painting. One more flower lies on the table in front of the vase. The bright, cream-white petals of two open flowers curl back from yellow centers. The petals of other flowers are cupped in dense layers, some petals streaked in dark or blush pink. The roughly oval, green leaves come to points at each end. The straight-sided vase is painted so that it nearly disappears into the fog-gray and soft brown background, but the optics of the water in the clear glass play with the light falling beyond it. The artist signed the painting in the lower right corner, “C.E. Porter.”

Amerikanische Malerei 1885–1890