Art history: artists, movements and museums

Frise Beethoven de Gustav Klimt, panneau droit aux motifs dorés et figures stylisées

Klimt patterns: eyes, spirals, rectangles, flowers and symbols

What do Klimt’s motifs mean? Eyes, spirals, rectangles, flowers, gold and symbols: origins, examples and an analytical method without overinterpretation. Read more...

Gustav Klimt, Le Tournesol, 1907-1908, œuvre entière du Belvedere

The Sunflower of Klimt: a flower erected like a portrait

An analysis of Gustav Klimt’s The Sunflower: composition, gold leaf, its connection with Emilie Flöge, Attersee gardens and provenance at the Belvedere. Read more...

L’Amour de Gustav Klimt, tableau de 1895 avec couple, fleurs et visages symboliques

Klimt's Love: Couple, Flowers and Symbolism Before the Golden Age

Klimt’s Love (1895): an analysis of the couple, flowers, stages of life, the Gerlach & Schenk commission and the path towards The Kiss. Read more...

Fleurs de topinambour de Claude Monet, 1880, National Gallery of Art

The Jerusalem Artichokes by Monet: solar flowers and the garden at Giverny

Painted in Vétheuil in 1880, Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers transforms a yellow bouquet into a field of light. Analysis, context, dimensions and its connection with Giverny. Read more...

Claude Monet, Nature morte avec fleurs et fruits, 1869, J. Paul Getty Museum

Still life with Monet: flowers, fruit and painted meals

A verified guide to Monet’s still lifes: flowers, fruit, game and The Luncheon, with dates, dimensions, museums and analyses. Read more...

Roses et anémones de Vincent van Gogh, musée d’Orsay, RF 1954 12

Roses and Anemones: Van Gogh Paints the Flowers of Auvers

Discover Van Gogh’s Roses and Anemones, painted in Auvers in 1890: history, composition, colors, dimensions, and advice for a faithful reproduction. Read more...