Painting: Pansies
Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 1903
Size: 9×11.125″
Fantin-Latour prided himself on his figurative works, but it was his floral still lifes that were most popular with contemporary collectors, especially British ones. In this informal study of pansies, the artist has used the end of his paint brush to carve out details in the thick paint of the petals.