Spring flowers in a basket
1767
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1767
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Spring flowers in a basket is a 1767 watercolor by Mary RA Moser, a Rococo painting work, depicting Bouquet, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a watercolor painting of a spring bouquet by Mary Moser. It dates from 1767 and fits in the Romanticism movement. Moser worked in watercolor, a tricky medium for detail and color. She was only 24 when she became a Founder member of the Royal Academy. That made her the youngest Founder there at the time. She also won a Society of Arts medal at age 14. Check out more works by the same artist: Moser, Mary RA.
Mary Moser’s *Spring Flowers in a Basket* (1767) depicts a variety of spring blooms, including shoot-star, auricula, fritillary, columbine, tulips, hyacinths, and lilies, arranged in a basket. Executed in gouache, the work is signed and dated by the artist.
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Mary Moser painted delicate watercolors of flowers in the 1700s, using fine brushes and soft colors to capture blooms in vases and baskets.
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