Vase of Flowers (Cleveland, c. 1905)
c. 1905 · Oil on fabric · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Odilon Redon (1840–1916)
- Year
- c. 1905
- Medium
- Oil on fabric
- Original size
- 73 × 59 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Symbolism
A pale green-white vase on a red tabletop holds a dense bouquet of coral-red blooms, white and lilac clusters, blue sprigs, dark green leaves and two yellow daisies, with a fall of orange petals spilling to the left. The background is a burnished orange and rust, the weave of the canvas showing through. Redon painted it in oil around 1905. The Cleveland Museum of Art, which bought it from Knoedler in New York in 1935, notes that flower still lifes like this brought him his greatest commercial success, and traces his love of plants to his youth near Bordeaux and the botanist Armand Clavaud.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Burnt orange, coral and deep green make a warm, autumnal picture for a dining room, kitchen or living room. Hang it beside Van Gogh's Oleanders at 24×36 in a dark wood frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 20th century (c. 1905)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, kitchen, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
