Flowers
Flowers, Up Close
Roses, peonies, blossoms and bouquets — simply some of the most beautiful passages in all of painting, seen up close. (For what each bloom means, see Flower Symbolism.)
20 details · cropped from original museum images
anthropomorphic flower (face)
Odilon Redon · Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)
Art Institute of Chicago
entire flower bouquet
Adolphe Monticelli · Flowers in a Blue Vase
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Entire chrysanthemum bouquet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919) · Chrysanthemums
Art Institute of Chicago
main central bouquet
Gustave Courbet · Spring Flowers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
entire bouquet of roses
Henri Fantin-Latour · Roses in a Bowl
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bouquet of summer flowers
Henri Fantin-Latour · Summer Flowers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
rose hedge
Wilhelm Trübner · Rose Hedge
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
overall view of the lush bouquet
Peter Faes · Flowers in a Stone Vase
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Entire bouquet of irises
Vincent van Gogh · Irises
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
bouquet of white roses
Henri Fantin-Latour · Still Life with Roses and Fruit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
white hydrangea flowers
Fernand Khnopff · Hortensia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
main flowering tree
Vincent van Gogh · The Flowering Orchard
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
single white rose on the ground
Gabriel Max · The Last Token: A Christian Martyr
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
white flowers spreading in the center
Ruger Donoho · Windflowers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
top-most cream rose
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) · Roses in a Bowl
Art Institute of Chicago
bouquet of asters
Henri Fantin-Latour · Asters and Fruit on a Table
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
main body of the bouquet
Vincent van Gogh · Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Embossed cherry blossoms
Yashima Gakutei · Wine Bottle, Cup and Cherry Blossoms
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thicket of white wild roses
Chai Zhenyi 柴貞儀 and Chai Jingyi 柴靜儀 · Flowers and Insects
Art Institute of Chicago
white apple blossoms
Charles-François Daubigny · Apple Blossoms
The Metropolitan Museum of Art