Roses in a Bowl
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.2 × 31.4 cm (10 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
20534
Art Historical Context
Henri Fantin-Latour's *Roses in a Bowl* (1881) is a exquisite still life that captures the delicate allure of fresh roses arranged in a simple bowl. Painted in oil on canvas, this work measures just 26.2 × 31.4 cm, viewers to lean in and savor its subtle textures—from the velvety petals to the sheen of dew-kissed leaves. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Painting and Sculpture of Europe, it exemplifies the artist's mastery of 19th-century French still life traditions. Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), a realist painter influenced by the precise observation of Dutch masters like ...
About the Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour · 1836–1904
Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour was born on January 14, 1836, in Grenoble, France, to portrait painter Théodore Fantin-Latour, who gave him his earliest drawing lessons. The family relocated to Paris in 1841, where in 1850, at age 14, he enrolled in the École de Dessin, studying under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose innovative memory-based method of drawing from observation profoundly ...