Bouquet of Chrysanthemums
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Auguste Renoir
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 x 21 7/8 in. (66 x 55.6 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Still Life Both · 99%
The catalog lists Still Life as a subject, and the image shows an arranged bouquet in a vase on a tabletop.
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Flora Both · 99%
Flowers are listed in the catalog subjects, and the image is dominated by numerous chrysanthemum blossoms and green foliage.
Styles and Movements
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Impressionism Interpretive · 80%
The loose, light-responsive brushwork and broken color effects are consistent with Impressionism; the supplied catalog does not explicitly provide a style classification.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
Overlapping blossoms form a tightly packed central mass that occupies most of the composition.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 93%
The bouquet contains luminous yellow, orange, red, pink, and white flowers that contrast strongly with the darker background.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The catalog specifies oil on canvas.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 93%
Short, varied, visibly loose strokes describe the petals, flower centers, foliage, vase, and atmospheric background.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 100%
The work is dated 1881, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Renoir as French and gives his birthplace as Limoges, France.
Source & rights
Auguste Renoir. Bouquet of Chrysanthemums. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 3,135 × 3,707 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available