Jean-Baptiste Robie artwork • painting • previously for sale Bouquet of roses
Jean-Baptiste Robie
Brussel 1821-1910 Sint-Gilles (België)
1821-1910
Bouquet of roses
oil on panel 55.4 x 67.3 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. Peter Blanchard, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten.
Literature: The New York Times, 1 april 1956, pag. 89.
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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