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Roses and Larkspur
1885
59.5 x 50.5 cm
oil on canvas
Henri Fantin-Latour was one the best flower painters of the 19th Century. He brought a new style to flower painting, loading his brush with paint and applying it thickly to the canvas. The short brushstrokes and soft light that Fantin-Latour favoured give a delicious sensuousness to his work.
This painting was at one point in its history sliced into two so it could be sold as separate pieces. A Glasgow art dealer finally managed to acquire both halves, and reunited them back into a complete painting.
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