Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
13 x 18 in. (canvas) 20-7/8 x 26-1/16 x 2-3/4 in. (framed, Optium)
Accession Number
Credit Line
James E. Roberts Fund
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Mrs. McMorris (mother of the artist, Daniel McMorris, close friend of Robert Vonnoh); private collection Kansas City, Missouri; (Berry-Hill Galeries), New York, New York; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1971.
Gallery Labels
- With no horizon line or path for the eye to follow, the composition pitches forward to emphasize the flat surface of the canvas. Even the shadows offer little sense of depth. The vigorously painted red and gold blossoms seem to float over their green stems.
- This painting captures a moment when Vonnoh experimented with pure Impressionism in the style of Monet—painting quickly and outdoors with broken brushwork and intense contrasting colors. It dates from the summer that he learned Impressionism at the artists’ colony of Grez, France, making this one of the earliest American Impressionist paintings.
- Like many Americans, Vonnoh later tempered his technique to a more moderate approach to brushwork and color.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Whistler to Cassatt - American Painters in France
Denver Art Museum
November 14, 2021 - March 13, 2022
Indianapolis Museum of Art
May 23, 1999 - August 8, 1999
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 21, 1980 - November 30, 1980
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 18, 1972 - December 10, 1972
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