1910 (ca.), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Roses -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Renoir made many Impressionist paintings of flowers and gardens. The flower he favoured for still-lifes was the rose. Painting flowers allowed Renoir to concentrate on colour, form, and texture. He said that the process rested his mind and helped him paint the human figure (usually the female nude) with greater ease. Renoir kept his garden in Montmartre purposely wild and natural; he arranged and painted flowers with a similar informal spontaneity.
1910 (ca.), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Roses -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Renoir made many Impressionist paintings of flowers and gardens. The flower he favoured for still-lifes was the rose. Painting flowers allowed Renoir to concentrate on colour, form, and texture. He said that the process rested his mind and helped him paint the human figure (usually the female nude) with greater ease. Renoir kept his garden in Montmartre purposely wild and natural; he arranged and painted flowers with a similar informal spontaneity.