Jean-Baptiste Robie artwork • painting • previously for sale A bouquet of roses
Jean-Baptiste Robie
Brussel 1821-1910 Sint-Gilles (België)
1821-1910
A bouquet of roses
oil on panel 41.5 x 53.2 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit Zwitserland.
Literature: Fondation Jean Robie en Brigitte Schuermans, 'Jean Robie 1821-1910', Brussel 2007, pag. 118, afb. 61 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Sint-Gillis (Brussel), België, Stadhuis, 'Rétrospective de Jean Robie (1821-1910)', 7-23 mei 2010.
A painter of landscapes and still lifes, Robie is chiefly known for his paintings of fruit and flowers (a.o. roses), seemly set down casually on a woodland path or at the water’s edge. In this sense, he broke with the 18th century tradition of meticulously arranged, ostentatious still lifes of flowers. He also painted close-ups of wild plants growing in their natural setting. His compositions stand out for their exquisite rendering of texture and rich colouration.
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