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Object photographed, and image color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Still Life - Flowers in a Basket
Object photographed, and image color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Object photographed, and image color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Still Life - Flowers in a Basket

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 17 1/2 in. (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.3
On View
On view
DescriptionThis oil on panel painting depicts a variety of flowers in a brown basket. The flowers are all typers and colors-- pink, yellow, blue, and white.
Label TextStill Life—Flowers in a Basket, ca. 1850 American Oil on panel Floral still life is one of the most common subjects in all of painting. This artist’s contribution to the genre emphasizes both botanical accuracy with the blossoms turned out to face the viewer and compositional variety in the assortment of colors and shapes within the bouquet. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.3 Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976.
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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