Description
Pierre-Auguste Renoir – Still Life with Bouquet and Fan
| Year of creation: | 1871 |
| Original size: | 59.0 cm x 74.0 cm |
| Painting style: | Impressionism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
On a fringed cloth lies a bouquet of roses wrapped in white paper that opens towards the viewer. To the right stands a blue-and-white vase of dried stems, and beside it leans an opened Japanese fan with a yellow ground and red blossoms. Behind it all, on a brownish wall, hangs a framed print of a group of figures, and two red books are stacked at the lower right. The signature and date are painted along the right edge.
The painting dates from 1871. The objects are not chosen for their symbolism but for what they are: paper takes the light differently from glazed ceramic, the fan brings a flat plane of colour, the books two quiet horizontals. The Japanese fan and vase speak of the enthusiasm for Japanese art that was running through Parisian studios at the time.
The original measures 59.0 cm x 74.0 cm and is oil on canvas. It is held by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston under inventory number 51.7.
Our version is a hand-painted oil reproduction on canvas. Every canvas is painted individually to order, so no two are exactly alike. It is available in eight upright sizes, from 50 x 60 cm to 120 x 150 cm. It is a painting in oils, not a print.
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