Flower Wreaths, 1880 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Flower Wreaths, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1880 depicts an abundant tumble of white, yellow, and rust-orange blossoms spilling from a dark glazed vase onto a tabletop, rendered with the loose, confident brushwork of Renoir's mature Impressionist years. Floral still life was a subject Renoir returned to often around 1880, using cut flowers as a private exercise in color harmony and light, away from the pressure of portrait commissions. The canvas radiates the warmth and sensuous abundance that define Renoir's most personal work.