Artwork
Pink Roses
Pink Roses is an oil painting. It dates from 1887 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. The work is an oil painting on canvas that presents a solitary vase set upon a dark wooden surface.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts a still life arrangement of pink roses, consistent with the genre classification of the painting.
The work depicts a still life arrangement of pink roses, consistent with the genre classification of the painting. As an oil on canvas created in the fourth quarter of the 19th century by an American artist, the subject focuses solely on the floral composition without additional narrative elements or figures. The sources do not provide specific details regarding the iconography, symbolic meaning, or deeper representational significance of the pink roses within this particular composition.
Technique & Style
Created in the fourth quarter of the 19th century by an unidentified American artist, Pink Roses is executed in oil paint on a canvas support. The work functions as a still life, focusing on floral subject matter. Physically, the painting measures 40.7 cm in height and 36.5 cm in width.
The piece is currently held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., having entered the institution as a gift in 1953.
History & Provenance
Pink Roses is an oil on canvas still life painted in the fourth quarter of the 19th century by an American artist. It entered the collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch in 1948 and was gifted to the National Gallery of Art in 1953.
The work measures 40.7 by 36.5 centimeters and remains in the National Gallery of Art's collection in Washington, D.C.
Pink Roses is held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Its accession number is 1953.6.1, having been gifted to the museum by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch in 1953. The work was previously recorded as originating from New York and was purchased by the Garbisches in 1948. It has been part of the National Gallery of Art's collection since its donation, with no additional exhibition records provided in the sources.
Overview
The work is an oil painting on canvas that presents a solitary vase set upon a dark wooden surface. The vase, rendered in a vivid green, is adorned with swirling gold motifs, and holds foliage and clusters of diminutive yellow blossoms. Behind the vase, two pale pink roses lean against a neutral backdrop, their forms suggested with a looser brushstroke.
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