Artwork
Apple Blossoms
Apple Blossoms is an oil painting by the American Impressionist artist Charles Caryl Coleman. It dates from 1895 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
Charles Caryl Coleman's 1889 oil painting, Apple Blossoms, is a still life composition that depicts a vase containing flowers.
Charles Caryl Coleman's 1889 oil painting, Apple Blossoms, is a still life composition that depicts a vase containing flowers. As a work within the still life genre, the piece focuses on the arrangement of floral elements and the vessel holding them. While the title identifies the specific botanical subject as apple blossoms, the visual representation centers on the aesthetic presentation of these flowers within a domestic setting.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the work is held, classifies the subject matter simply as a vase and flower. The painting does not explicitly convey a complex narrative or allegorical symbolism in available descriptions, instead offering a direct observation of the floral subject and the container. The work represents a study of form, color, and the transient beauty of cut flowers arranged in a vase.
Technique & Style
Apple Blossoms is an oil‑on‑canvas painting created in 1889 by Charles Caryl Coleman. The work, measuring 158.4 cm in height and 88.9 cm in width, portrays a vase surrounded by blossoms in a still‑life composition. The support is a stretched canvas, typical of the period.
It is classified as a painting and is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The composition emphasizes a naturalistic arrangement of flowers, rendered with delicate brushwork characteristic of late‑19th‑century American still‑life practice.
History & Provenance
Apple Blossoms is an oil on canvas painting executed by American artist Charles Caryl Coleman in 1889. The work measures 158.4 cm by 88.9 cm and depicts a vase of flowers in a still‑life arrangement. It was created in the late 19th century and remained in the artist’s studio until its acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it has been part of the permanent collection since its donation.
No documentation of a specific commission or patron is recorded in the available sources. The painting’s dating is confirmed by contemporary records indicating an inception date of 1889‑01‑01.
Apple Blossoms (1889) by Charles Caryl Coleman is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The painting is listed in the museum’s catalogue as part of the institution’s holdings, identified only as an oil on canvas work measuring 158.4 cm × 88.9 cm; no accession number is provided in the available documentation. The work has not been noted in published exhibition records within the supplied sources, and therefore its exhibition history cannot be detailed from the information given.
Overview
Charles Caryl Coleman's Apple Blossoms, painted in 1895, is an oil on canvas still life depicting a simple floral arrangement. This work showcases the artist's engagement with the American Impressionist movement, presenting a tranquil domestic scene. The painting is currently part of the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, representing a facet of late 19th-century American art.
Artist & collection
Artist
Charles Caryl Coleman (April 25, 1840, in Buffalo, New York – December 3, 1928, in Capri, Italy) was an American artist.
