Bouquet
c. 1919
Oil on canvas
40.3 × 35.2 cm (15.9 × 13.9 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 07, West Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Renoir once told his friend Georges Rivière, "Painting flowers rests my brain." Bouquet , painted at the very end of the artist's life, seems to manifest such peace and ease. A decadent bouquet of chrysanthemums bursts from a blue-and-white pitcher, also apparently decorated with chrysanthemums. Loose impasto brushwork forms the flowers' bright fringed petals and swirling centers; thin washes of the same colors energize the background.
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