Apple Blossoms
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 1/8 x 33 3/8 in. (58.7 x 84.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900
Accession Number
25.110.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Apple Blossoms**, painted by French artist Charles-François Daub in 1873, is a captivating oil on canvas measuring 23 1/8 x 33 3/8 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of European Paintings, this work entered the collection through the bequest of Collis P. Huntington in1900. Daubigny, a master of rural scenes, here turns his gaze to the delicate beauty of apple blossoms, blending themes of nature's renewal with expansive landscapes. As a hallmark of 19th-century European painting, the piece reflects the era's fascination with the French countryside. Oil on canvas al...
About the Artist
Charles-François Daubigny · 1817–1878
Charles-François Daubigny was born on February 15, 1817, in Paris into a family of artists, with his father, Edmé-François Daubigny, a classical landscape painter, and his uncle, Pierre Daubigny, a miniaturist, providing his initial artistic training. He further studied under Jean-Victor Bertin, Jacques Raymond Brascassat, and Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts, though he quickly moved bey...