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'Floral Still Life', Unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting

Name: 'Floral Still Life', Unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting
Brand: Unknown
Price: 250 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This 14" x 18" oil on canvas painting depicts a still-life of a backlit flower with buds and leaves. The flower could presumably be of tropical origin as the artist painted this work in a representational style but not fully realistically rendered. The brushstrokes are still noticeable and some areas look unblended or unfinished, adhering to some abstraction. The leaves are more prominent than the one blossom and three flower buds depicted; the tropical attributes are evident in the large, dark green leaves of the plant that surround the bright pink blossom. The buds are adjacent to the bloomed flower, in a bundle, while the leaves extend from the stem/base of the plant, taking up the majority of the canvas in relation to the flower buds/blossom. The still-life appears to be without a base, meaning there is no surface that the plant is placed upon, it is simply positioned in front of a background with light penetrating through the flowers and leaves. The background contains a gradient of color; the bottom of the canvas is a light, muted green, in comparison to the green leaves of the flower, and takes up roughly one third of the canvas while a dark maroon color meets the green in a blended/gradient manner and takes up the remaining 2/3 of the background towards the top of the canvas. The subject matter is simple, yet pleasing to the eye and challenges the normal elements of still-life painting.

Dimensions:

Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)

Medium:

Oil,Canvas

Movement & Style:

Realist

Period:

20th Century

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Oklahoma City, OK

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