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Roses
1895
36.5 x 39 cm
oil on canvas
In this delicately-painted depiction of a glass vase full of roses Fantin-Latour manages to combine old and new styles of painting.
A dark, rich background, which makes the roses stand out in this composition, was often used by much earlier flower painters in 17th Century Holland. The loose, short brushstroke, however, was a technique much favoured by many of Fantin-Latour's impressionist contemporaries.
Proust wrote a description of the artist waiting to paint flowers until the moment before they dropped. Here the peachy, fleshy tones of the petals make them look exactly as if they are about to fall.
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