1895, Henri Fantin-Latour, White and Pink Mallows in a Vase -- Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
From the museum label: Although he painted everything from group portraits to scenes from Wagner's operas, Fantin was best known for his floral still lifes, which found a ready middle-class market in France, England, and the United States. This arrangement of flowers, likely cut from the artist's own garden and beginning to wilt in the heat, is a particularly fine example. Fantin's technique in pictures like this one adheres to an academic standard of finish, but the artist maintained close ties with Manet and the Impressionist avant-garde.
1895, Henri Fantin-Latour, White and Pink Mallows in a Vase -- Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena)
From the museum label: Although he painted everything from group portraits to scenes from Wagner's operas, Fantin was best known for his floral still lifes, which found a ready middle-class market in France, England, and the United States. This arrangement of flowers, likely cut from the artist's own garden and beginning to wilt in the heat, is a particularly fine example. Fantin's technique in pictures like this one adheres to an academic standard of finish, but the artist maintained close ties with Manet and the Impressionist avant-garde.