Eva Gonzalès - Bouquet de fleurs 1873-1874
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Bouquet de fleurs 1873-1874
27x35cm oil/canvas
Private collection
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From Sotheby's:
Painted at the dawning of the Impressionist movement, Gonzalès' floral bouquet offers a refreshing and novel approach to this particular genre of still-life painting. Still wrapped in its protective paper from the florist, the flowers appear to have been tossed on a table, where a few stray blooms are scattered along the edge. It is as if the recipient has placed them down temporarily and in haste while searching for a vase. Gonzales' picture here captures the sponteneity of an act and the impermanance of a moment in time, which were qualities of central importance to the Impressionist painters.