Painting: Bouquet of Chrysanthemums
Artist: Auguste Renoir
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 26×21.875”
Year: 1881
Renoir painted many floral still lifes, in part because they were inexpensive to produce and easily marketable. Additionally they provided an opportunity for experimentation. Renoir told a friend, “When I paint flowers, I feel free to try out tones and values and worry less about destroying the canvas”