Jean-Baptiste Robie artwork • painting • previously for sale A still life with roses and raspberries
Jean-Baptiste Robie
Brussel 1821-1910 Sint-Gilles (België)
1821-1910
A still life with roses and raspberries
oil on canvas 137.7 x 106.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1864
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: N. Hostyn e.a., 'Dictionaire van Belgische en Hollandse Bloemenschilders geboren tussen 1750 en 1880', Berko, Knokke-Zoute 1995, afb. in kleur pag. 327.
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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