Green Bowl of Flowers

Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Glackens was intrigued by what he called the "absolute purity" of flowers and their glorious colors, which allowed for endless tonal exploration in paint. The orange background takes over this composition, almost obscuring the orange-red lilies. While the background color brings out the blue-green bowl and helps to emphasize the pink and yellow zinnias, other blooms must be discovered by the patient eye, following a gentle diagonal from bottom right to upper left—from soft blue to deep orange.

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