The Monet Family in the Garden of Argenteuil
Edward Manet
Eduard Manet, The Monet Family in the Garden of Agenteuil, 1874
Oil on canvas. 61 x 99.7 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
One summer day in 1874, douard Manet arrived at monet's mansion on the outskirts of Paris, where he had just posed in the garden for Claude Monet's wife, Camille, and son Jean, and his friend and painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Inspired by the scene in front of him, Renoir borrowed a canvas, a brush and some paint from Monet without any preparation, and then stood aside while painting The Monet family.
The garden of monet's rented house in Argenteuil was covered with tall trees, and the flower beds were planted with dahlias, poppies and hollyhocks. Although Monet is tending the garden, he actually stood behind Manet and Renois that afternoon to depict Manet who was working in front of him, but the painting is now missing.
Later that day, Manet spoke to Monet about Renois: "That lad has no talent! Since you are his friend, persuade him to give up painting! ”
Sunflower Farm Garden
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, Sunflower Farm Garden, 1905-1906. Oil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm. Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Klimt spends every summer vacationing in Attersee in the mountains outside Salzburg, and Sunflower Farm Garden was created during his summer vacation. Clusters of small flowers flourish directly above the canvas and are taller than sunflowers, and it is believed that this unique composition means that the garden is located on a steep slope.
Carnations, Lilies, Lilies, Roses
John Singh Sargent
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Carnations, Lilies, Lilies, Roses, 1885-1886. Oil on canvas. 218.5 x 197 cm.
In 1885, American artist John Singer Sargent, who spent three consecutive months every night in the garden of Farnham House in Worcestershire, England, carefully instructed models to pose appropriately, two models, Polly and Dolly, the daughters of illustrator Frederick Barnard, who were 11 and 7, respectively. He would then paint quickly in two to three minutes to capture the rays of the sunset. The house belonged to F.D. Millet, an American artist who lived with Sargent, and the painting's protagonist was originally Miller's son.
As autumn arrived, the sun began to wane, and Sargent had to replace the white lilies with artificial flowers. He repainted it in the summer of 1886, but this time in the nearby Russell House Garden, where he completed it in October of the same year.
The Virgin and the Son in the Walled Garden
Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl
Master Albuña the Witch (active in Leuven and Harlan circa 1470-1490), The Virgin and the Son in the Walled Garden. Oil on wooden panels.
It is an important early religious painting by Master Albuña the Witch, who is said to have traveled to Harun between 1480 and 1482 and set up a famous local studio.
The scene echoes the hortus conclusus, the sacred sanctuary of the Virgin Mary, the carved paradise on earth. The ornate robes of the Virgin Mary reflect the exalted status of her Heavenly Queen, and with her left hand she plucks a flower from the throne of the stone platform, and the three small white flowers blooming on the plant can be regarded as a symbol of the Holy Trinity.
Wild strawberries grow on the ground in front of them, symbolizing the wounds of Christ, and the leaves of this fruit are grouped in three pieces, so they can also represent the Holy Trinity.
The Woman with the Parasol in the Garden
Pierre Auguste Renova
▲ Pierre Auguste Renova, The Woman with the Parasol in the Garden, 1875. Oil on canvas. 54.5 x 65 cm. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.
In The Woman with the Parasol in the Garden, Pierre-Auguste Renoir cleverly uses the end of a thick brush to quickly apply pale pink, yellow, red, blue and green oil on the canvas to create a blinding impression of a summer garden. The wild landscape in the painting is emerald green, full of light, movement and texture.
I believe that "The Woman with the Parasol in the Garden" was written by Renoir in 1875 or 1876 in the studio of Montmartre. The studio is surrounded by a large garden, and his friend and critic George Rivière recalls the first time Renoir saw the garden: "As soon as Renova entered the house, he was mesmerized by the view of the garden, which looked like a beautiful abandoned park. ”
Wisteria in Engelfield
Stanley Spencer
▲ Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), Wisteria in Engelfield, 1954. Oil on canvas. 30 x 20 inches (76.3 x 50.8 cm).
Wisteria at Engelfield was created by Sir Stanley Spencer in the spring of 1954 in Cookham, Berkshire, over a period of five weeks. Gerard Shiel, owner of the Engelfield Estate, commissioned five works, the third of which is known for its beautiful gardens.
The delicate foliage of wisteria flowers and the contrasting brick walls highlight Spencer's cleverness and analytical power of outdoor painting, as well as his love for his hometown of Cookham, which he calls "the village of paradise".
The Artist's Home in Giverny
Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926), The Artist's Home at Giverny, 1913. Oil on canvas. 28 x 36 inches (73 x 92 cm).
Claude Monet, a painter famous for his garden paintings, once said, "I became a painter because of flowers." The garden he built in his home in Giverny attracts more than 600,000 visitors a year.
Monet created a classic French garden next to the famous water lily pond, while the painting looks out of the garden from the northwest. He set up dozens of flower beds at the right angle along the gravel path, carefully planting roses, poppies, peonies, lilies, foxgloves, and the arches were also crawled with clematis, which could show different colors with the change of seasons.
Lewis Comfort Tiffany
Joaquin Sololia
Joaquin Soloia Bastida, Lewis Comfort Tiffany, 1911. Oil on canvas, 162.6 x 238.8 cm.
In May 1911, Louis Comfort Tiffany invited the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla to visit his Laurelton mansion, an 84-room Moorish mansion on Long Island that covers 580 acres.
Although Sololia did not like formal portraiture, she was often attracted to the sun and outdoor painting. Tiffany is dressed in a light summer suit and sits in front of an easel with her dog.
Set against the waterfront balcony of the Laurelton Mansion, the painting is surrounded by pots of lush yellow, white and purple flowers, with the sparkling Long Island Bay behind it. The Laurelton Mansion was burned down in the 1950s, and the painting is now owned by the Hispanic-American Association.
The Woman by the Lotus Pond
Le Meyer
Le Meyer (1880-1958), The Woman by the Lotus Pond, circa 1950-1951. Oil on canvas. 150 x 200 cm
In 1932, the 52-year-old Belgian artist Adrien-Jean le Mayeur de Merprès decided to settle in Bali, saying: "In life, I love three things: beauty, sunshine and tranquility. What better place to have it all than Bali? ”
In The Woman by the Lotus Pond, LeMeyer depicts 15 Balinese dancers dancing by a Hindu carved lotus pond. Tropical hues such as orange, red and yellow cast a warm glow on their faces and bodies, while the pink water in the pond refracts the sunlight that penetrates through the vines.
Dubini Gardens
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, The Dubini Garden, June 1890. Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 50.7 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Two months before his suicide, Vincent van Gogh, who had moved from a psychiatric hospital in Provence to Auver-sur-Oise on the outskirts of Paris, wrote to his brother Theo: "It's so beautiful, it's a real countryside, very unique and picturesque. ”
Orville-sur-Oise was also home to Charles-Fran ois Daubigny (1817-1878), one of Van Gogh's favorite artists. Dubini was a famous landscape painter, so Van Gogh was very eager to depict the gardens of his former home.
Lacking the materials he needed, Van Gogh decided to use the material he had on hand— a red-and-white rag, presumably from the kitchen of the hotel auberge Ravoux, where he was staying. He applied a thick layer of pink paint to the cloth, but could still see the original appearance of the rag between the powerful and smooth strokes.
Garden View
Churchill
Sir Churchill (1874-1965), Garden View, early 1920s
During the terrible First World War, Churchill resigned due to a strategic error in the Battle of Gallipoli, and feeling discouraged, he looked for solace in painting. He later wrote in his book Painting as a Pastime: "It saved me in the most difficult times. ”
The politician had an innate artistic flair and often sketched outdoors in rural Areas of England. He once said, "Painting is a lot of fun, the colors are pleasing to the eye, and I also like the feeling of squeezing out the paint." ”
Garden View was most likely created in the gardens of The House of Nabeworth in Huffshire, owned by Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton, a pro-women suffragette who was imprisoned in 1909 for throwing stones into the car of The Exchequer, Lloyd George. Churchill's studio at its Kent former home, Chatwell Manor, is now managed by the British National Trust.
The Virgin and the Son Sit in the Garden of Cupids, Birds and Animals
Jan Young Brucher and Hendrik van Barron
Jan Brucher the Younger (Antwerp, 1601-1678) and Hendrik van Baron (Antwerp, 1575-1632), The Virgin and the Son Sit in a Garden with Cupid, Birds and Animals. Oil on wooden panels.
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