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istory has produced some famous artists who were also avid gardeners. For instance, Impressionist painter Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) and his colleague, Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1911) tended flower and herb gardens at their famous artist colony of Argenteuil, France in the early 1870s. At Monet’s home in Giverny, France, the artist enlisted the aid of fellow gardeners to care for his famous water lily pond which was the subject for his paintings from the early 1890s until his death in 1926. A few years ago, one of Monet’s famed water lilly oil on canvas paintings, dated 1917, sold for $24.7 million. Imogen Cunningham and Georgia O’Keeffe of the famous early modernist art circle active in California and New York both were gardeners who brought their love of flowers and plants into their mature works of art. For instance, Cunningham’s modernist photographs focused on native flowers, leaves, branches, etc. Her famous Magnolia Blossom: Tower of Jewels held the record for the highest price ever paid for a photograph at auction. Georgia O’Keeffe painted desert flowers and other majestic blooms throughout her long and illustrious artistic career including cactus flowers, poppies, jack in the pulips, and various types of lilies. In addition to these famous gardeners, there are many references to flowers in art. Different flowers mean different things when depicted as subjects in works of fine art and antiques throughout the ages.
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ed with the Virgin Mary, purity, and chastity. They are the flower of choice at Easter Sunday and on the feast day of the Virgin Mary. Deep orange, dark red, and gold chrysanthemums were brought from China to Marseilles, France in 1789 and were hybridized in many forms. In Asia, mums are held in high esteem and associated with long life. One of the best known paintings of these blooms is Edgar Degas’ Woman with Chrysanthemums from 1865 in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Dutch were charmed by carnations and often included them in watercolor albums documenting botanSubmitted photo ical examples. The carnation signified faithful love Impressionist flower vase painting. in marriage. Dutch masters including Rembrandt painted these and other flowers Flowers often reference in wedding portraits of the bounty of plants, herbs, COLUMNIST brides and grooms. flowers, trees, nuts, and Carnations are also carved fruits that were found in the into Dutch style corner New World. Flowers were linen cupboards of hardhighlighted in embroidered woods. These cupboards and hooked rugs made in were traditional gifts to New England during the newlyweds setting up early Colonial period. housekeeping. On today’s Likewise, Baltimore album market, the old master quilts showed an abundance paintings are worth far more of plants and flowers when than the antiques Dutch the art form peaked in popucupboards. larity from 1846 to 1852. As flowers speak volSome album quilts with umes, you can highlight embroidered flowers have Dr. Lori Verderame some of your favorite blossold for $40,000 to $50,000. Arts & Antiques soms by collecting art and In the 17th Century, antiques with flowers in Dutch still life paintings of flower, particularly tulips, flowers bloomed at differ- focus. Happy Spring! were all the rage. The realis- ent times of the year. The Ph.D. antiques appraistic method of painting flow- preeminent female Dutch ers was important to artists baroque artist of this brand er, author, and award-winof the period. The artists, so of still life painting, Rachel ning TV personality, Dr. intrigued by the forms of Ruysch, painted an oil com- Lori Verderame presents the flowers, that they position of Honeysuckle antique appraisal events showed little regard for the and Other Flowers in a Blue nationwide. Dr. Lori is the season in which a particular Glass Vase that sold for expert appraiser on the international hit TV show, flower grew. In these paint- $690,600 at auction. ings, tulips would be depictThe color of particular Auction Kings on the ed in a Delft vase along flowers offer special mean- Discovery channel. Visit with carnations, iris, hibis- ing when found in flower www.DrLoriV.com , www. cus, zinnias, dahlias, and gardens. For instance, lilies, Facebook.com/DoctorLori, roses even if the various white in color, are associat- or call (888) 431-1010.
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