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Roses in a Vase

Roses in a Vase

c. 1890
(French, 1841–1919)
Unframed: 25.5 x 34 cm (10 1/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Renoir was an excellent singer who wanted to be a musician, but for financial reasons left school at age thirteen to work as an apprentice painter in a porcelain factory.

Description

The palette Renoir used to depict the seven roses in this still life ranges from various shades of red to warm whites, light yellows, and pinks. The artist declared, "'Painting flowers lets my brain rest. It does not cause the same tension of spirit as when I face a model. When I paint flowers, I put down tones, I boldly try values, without having to worry about losing a canvas.'" He was particularly fond of roses, whose full, rounded shapes he likened to the female body. In 1861, Renoir met Claude Monet (1840–1926) and later shared a studio with him. Monet became an important influence on Renoir's art, as can be seen here in the rapid brush strokes, thinly scuffled background, and buildup of paint (impasto) in the blooms.
  • Marcel Bernheim, Paris, France
    G. Tanner [1880-1958], Zurich, Switzerland
    Josef Stransky [1872-1936], New York
    (Wildenstein, New York, NY)
    -1941
    Mrs. Henry White Cannon [ca.1861-1954], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1941-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Flint, Ralph. "The Private Collection of Josef Stransky." Art News 19 (May 16, 1931): 87-88. Reproduced: p. 95; Mentioned: p. 87-88
    Allen Memorial Art Museum. "Exhibition of Still Life Paintings, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century." Bulletin 2, no. 1Oberlin, OH: Dept. of Fine Arts of Oberlin College, (1945):8. Reproduced: p. 8
    Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. Reproduced: p. 35 archive.org
    Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.), and Daniel Wildenstein. A Loan Exhibition of Renoir for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, March 23-April 29, 1950 at Wildenstein. New York, NY:1950. Reproduced: no. 73
    Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 195
    D'Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part Four; European Paintings of t he 19th Century. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 188
  • Horticulture Motifs in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 9-April 24, 1955).
    A Loan Exhibition of Renoir. Wildenstein, New York, NY (March 23-April 29, 1950).
    Exhibition of Still Life Paintings, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Century. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (1945).
    19th and 20th Century French Art and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Loans. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 1, 1943).
    French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
    Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (June 1, 1932-June 1, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Roses in a Vase|url=false|author=Pierre-Auguste Renoir|year=c. 1890|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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