Flowers on Canvas

Dutch Artists

Flowers in a Glass Vase with a Cricket in a Niche 1700 Rachel Ruysch

Dutch Golden Age artist Rachel Ruysch invented her style when creating artwork of flowers, She had a 60-year career painting botanical imagery. The artist created asymmetrical compositions with her painted bouquets. Each flower petal was done with painstaking detail.

Still Life with Flowers 1617 Ambrosius Bosschaert

Dutch still-life artist Ambrosius Bosschaert was known for his love of painting bouquets. It was the popular thing to do in Antwerp, Belgium where artists painted monumental-sized still-life paintings often featuring flowers. The painter created his artworks with scientific accuracy.

Still Life with Irises Vincent Van Gogh

Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh was known for his famed Sunflower series. This artwork shows the artist’s interest in color and was painted while the artist was a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Remy, France. There are two versions of this painting. One creates the violet irises against a bright yellow background while another version shows the flowers against a now-faded pink background to create a harmonious atmosphere, and this version can be viewed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Amaryllis 1910 Piet Mondrian

Dutch artist Piet Mondrian had a background of the long cultural tradition of flower art. This artwork is his best-known abstract painting. It was created in a Fauvist style with bold blocks of color. The painting is a watercolor with a good balance between quality and color.

White Vase with Flowers 1916 Odilon Redon

Dutch Symbolist artist Odilon Redon created this artwork in pastels making it a vibrant flower still-life. The artist turned to flower painting when he was 60 years old, Creating flower still-life paintings brought him much pleasure.

French Artists

Bouquet of Flowers 1882 Edouard Mannet

French modernist artist Edouard Mannet loved flowers and creating them on canvas. He was known for painting flowers in vases and also scattered loosely on tables. He had free, dynamic brushstrokes making him a pivotal figure between Realism and Impressionism. Painting flowers was such an important part of this life that for the last six months of his life he painted only floral still-life paintings.

Roses and Lilies 1888 Henri Fantin-Latour

French artist Henri Fantin-Latour specialized in flower paintings. In this artwork, he used the long stems of the lilies to cut across the canvas and balance the small pink and white bouquet of roses resting on the table. His creation played up the romanticism of this artwork by using the blush pink hues of the rose petals to provide a soft contrast to the deep brown of the wooden table.

Bouquet of Roses 1890 – 1900 Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir created this artwork depicting lush, plump rosebuds in various hues. He painted roses quite often mostly red ones. His paintings made the flowers seem to come to life on canvas.

Water Lilies 1908 Claude Monet

French Impressionist artist Claude Monet created a series of paintings with water lilies. He painted over 205 artworks for the series over the last 30 years of his life. He got inspiration from his garden in Giverny, France.

Austrian Artist

Flower Garden 1905 Gustave Klimt

Austrian symbolist artist Gustave Klimt became enchanted with landscapes in the summertime in Litzlberg, Austria. He created paintings of fields of flowers during his Golden Phase. This artwork made it seem that the flowers were tumbling out of the frame. It sold at auction in 2017 for $59.3 million.

English Artist

Flowers in a Glass Vase 1814 John Constable

English Romantic artist John Constable was well-known for his landscape paintings. He also loved to create artwork featuring flowers. This painting is an oil on a millboard. The dark, muted color palette is balanced by the bright red and yellow flowers. It can be viewed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England.

Asian Artist

Hibiscus 1845 Hiroshige

Japanese artist Hiroshige created this artwork as one of many depicting flowers on colored woodblock prints. Flowers have historical importance in Japanese culture. The artist’s painting of hibiscus flowers stands out as the bold orange color makes them seem to leap out from the painting.