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Petals, in oil, ink and silk

Flowers

Flowers as painters from Antwerp to Kyoto looked at them. Van Gogh's irises and sunflowers, a Dutch bouquet in a wine glass, Redon's vase on a pink ground, a plum branch under snow on Chinese silk, white hollyhocks in the style of Sōtatsu, a basket of flowers by Delacroix. Colour for its own sake, however the brush was held.

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A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?) Edgar Degas, 1865 Winter landscapes and flowers Qian Weicheng Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, ca. 1766 Flora Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), ca. 1654 Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers Gustave Caillebotte, 1893 Irises Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase William Merritt Chase, 1880–90 (?) Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects Joris Hoefnagel, 1589 Snow Plum Unidentified artist Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter Kano Chikanobu, early 18th century Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotuses Kaihō Yūsetsu, mid-17th century Birds and Flowers Unidentified artist, late 19th–early 20th century Winter Attributed to Anne Vallayer-Coster, 18th century Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866 Basket of Flowers Eugène Delacroix, 1848–49 A Bouquet of Flowers Clara Peeters, ca. 1612 Flower study John Jessop Hardwick, 1866 Hummingbird and Passionflowers Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1875–85 Etruscan Vase with Flowers Odilon Redon, 1900–1910 Cherry Blosson Viewing at Gotenyama Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784 A Vase of Flowers Margareta Haverman, 1716 A Young Girl with Daisies Auguste Renoir, 1889 Oleanders Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey George Inness, ca. 1891 Plum in snow Liu Shiru Old Plum Kano Sansetsu, 1646 Still life with bronze vessels and flowering plants Attributed to Jang Seung-eop (sobriquet: Owon), 1894 Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1780 Still Life with Pansies Henri Fantin-Latour, 1874 A Basket of Flowers Jan Brueghel the Younger, probably 1620s Bouquet in a Chinese Vase Odilon Redon, ca. 1912–14 Bouquet of Flowers in a Roemer Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, ca. 1620 Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885 Roses Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Flowers Qian Weicheng White Hollyhocks In the Style of Tawaraya Sōtatsu, 17th century Potted Pansies Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883 Cypress and Poppies Elihu Vedder, ca. 1880–90 Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh, 1887 Carnations and amaranthus Yun Shouping Summer Flowers Henri Fantin-Latour, 1880 Hortensia Fernand Khnopff, 1884 Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase Vincent van Gogh, 1890 Summer Garden Chen Chun, ca. 1530 Still Life with Roses and Fruit Henri Fantin-Latour, 1863 Vase of Flowers (Pink Background) Odilon Redon, ca. 1906