Chrysanthemums
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1881–1882
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.8 × 65.8 cm (21 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.); Framed: 75.3 × 86.4 × 10.8 cm (29 5/8 × 34 × 4 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
oil paintings (visual works)paintingred (color)nineteenth centuryorange (color)19th centurypaintChicago World's Fairsleavescanvasgreen (color)ImpressionismCentury of ProgresschrysanthemumsLeaffloralyellow (color)vaseoil on canvasfrenchTableoil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquesflowersstill lifeworld's fairswhite (color)floraoil paintingeuropean paintingfoliage
About
“I just let my brain rest when I paint flowers,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir remarked. “I don’t experience the same tension as I do when confronted by the model. When I am painting flowers, I establish the tones, I study the values carefully without worrying about losing the picture. I don’t dare do this with a figure piece for fear of ruining it.”
