1864
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Flowers: Tulips, Azaleas, Roses is a 1864 oil by Henri Fantin-Latour, a Impressionism work, depicting Bouquet, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A table sits in soft light. Three glass vases hold tulips, azaleas, and roses in pink and white. The petals look almost real enough to touch. Fantin-Latour painted this in 1864. He trained with Courbet, but fell in love with still lifes instead. His flowers aren’t just pretty—they glow from within. Check out more of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A transparent vase holding roses, azaleas, tulips, and wildflowers rests on a table against a dark neutral background. The bouquet demonstrates Fantin-Latour’s focus on contrasting textures and tones, reflecting the naturalist tendencies emerging in French art during the mid-19th century. The work exemplifies his early specialization in floral still lifes, a genre he would later refine through hundreds of compositions. The interplay of light and color aligns with the period’s shift toward observational realism, foreshadowing later Impressionist experiments.
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Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour (French pronunciation: ; 14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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