In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
An orange begonia in a terracotta pot tangles with a blue background. Note the solid-looking shadow of the pot and plant, and the nimbus of sapphire blue around the blossoms. Pot of Flowers dates to Maurer's Fauve period, when he was integrating Cézanne's structural approach with Matisse's emotive use of gemlike colors; his goal was to express the subject's spirit and his sensations of it. Maurer was also inspired by the philosopher Henri Bergson's concept of élan vital , the "vital impetus" of nature in operation beyond surface appearances.
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Henri Matisse — Flower Piece
William Glackens — Zinnias in a Striped Blue Vase
Paul Cézanne — The Vase of Tulips
Biagio Pinto — Flower Piece
Paul Cézanne
Henri Matisse — The Geranium
Chaim Soutine — Bouquet of Flowers (Bouquet de fleurs)
Paul Cézanne — Small Delft vase with flowers
George Hendrik Breitner — Ginger Pot wit Anemones
Paul Cézanne — The Dark Blue Vase, III
William Glackens — Flowers in a Blue Vase
Kristján DavíÐsson — Still Life
