Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de Fleurs)
Camille Pissarro
French, 1830–1903
Details
Title
Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de Fleurs)
Artist/Maker
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
Date
ca. 1873
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 5/8 x 18 1/4 inches
Credit
Gift of the Forward Arts Foundation in honor of its first president, Mrs. Robert W. Chambers
Accession #
74.231
When rain confined Camille Pissarro to the indoors, he sometimes painted lush bouquets of flowers gathered by his wife, who grew masses of them in her garden. Her pink peonies were her great pride; the large blossoms anchoring this bouquet may be examples of such blooms. The green leaves strewn to the left of the vase and the pink petal fallen at its base imbue the composition with a sense of spontaneity.