Oleander Blossom
1867
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1867
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Oleander Blossom is a 1867 watercolor by Mary E. Butler, a American Folk Art work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three oleander flowers in bright pink and red. The petals look soft and slightly wrinkled. Green leaves stick out around them, and the background is a plain, light brown color. The artist used watercolors, keeping the colors simple but bright. The flowers sit on a flat surface with no extra details. Look up Butler, Mary E. to see more of her work.
A watercolour painting by Mary E. Butler from 1867 shows an oleander blossom. The work is signed by the artist.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Mary E. Butler never traveled far from her garden in Charleston, yet her watercolors of blackberries and oleanders feel like they’ve been plucked from a sun-drenched Italian villa. She painted the same blooms year after…
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