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Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 – 12 October 1750) [1] was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands.She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime.
Flowers in a glass vase on a balustrade with colunnade: 1689: 79:25: San Diego Museum of Art: San Diego, CA Spray of flowers with insects and butterflies on a marble slab: 1690s: 36.6 cm x 30.4 cm: PD.38-1975: Fitzwilliam Museum: Cambridge Posy of flowers, with a red admiral butterfly, on a marble ledge: ca. 1695: 34.5 cm x 27.3 cm: Private ...
Shane Connolly, who designs flower arrangements for royal occasions as Spry had done, curated an exhibition in 2021 at the Garden Museum, London; this celebration of Spry's achievements and life made use of the extensive collection [16] of her personal papers and records in the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library.
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The idea for the manual was taken up by a former pupil of Nicolas Robert, Catherine Perrot , received at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1682): The Royal Lessons, or the Method of Painting Miniatures of Flowers and Birds, based on an Explanation of the Books on Flowers and Birds by the late Nicolas Robert, Flower painter [39 ...
Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase.
Blue has been used in the heraldry of the French monarchy since at least the 12th century, with the golden fleurs-de-lis of the kings always set on a blue (heraldic "azure") background. A brighter version, based on the blue of the French Tricolour, is used in modern times, particularly in a sporting context. French national teams in all sports ...
Strand was particularly influential in her development of cropped, close-up images. She received unprecedented acceptance as a female artist from the fine art world due to her powerful graphic images. [6] Depictions of small flowers that fill the canvas suggest the immensity of nature and encourage viewers to looks at flowers differently. [2]