Dutch flower paintings

By Hendrik Reekers holland festő 1815-1854.

Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase. Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, c.1610.

Last week was the first class of my winter term “ Still Life with Oils - Master Copy Class” , taught online through the Art League of Alexandria. This term the master copy we are focusing on is a Dutch Golden Age Still Life by Willem van Aelst “Flower Still Life with a Watch, 1663”.

Photographed at the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego, California.

Floral Painting, Flower Paintings, Oil Painting Flowers, Art Floral, Life Dutch, Life Painting, Flowers Art, Handmade Flowers, Vanitas Artwork

"Flowers" by ©Rikard Osterlund The 'Flowers' series is a contemporary rephrasing of the vanitas flower piece, inspired by the Dutch flower painters of the late 17th Century. The flower arrangements here are made up entirely of artificial flowers, silk and plastic, alongside toy flies, snakes and…

A Rose, Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1665 - 12 October 1750)

Inspired by the still life tradition of Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682–1749) In the hush of a 17th-century study, behind leaded glass and steeped in the scent of linseed oil, a painting waits—glowing with the kind of light that doesn’t come from sun or candle, but from the artist’s own silence. This is the world Jan van Huysum knew: a world where petals held the hush of eternity, where a leaf’s curl could stir something eternal. The Dutch Golden Age had begu...

What happens when a flower becomes a national obsession?

Inspired by the still life tradition of Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682–1749) In the hush of a 17th-century study, behind leaded glass and steeped in the scent of linseed oil, a painting waits—glowing with the kind of light that doesn’t come from sun or candle, but from the artist’s own silence. This is the world Jan van Huysum knew: a world where petals held the hush of eternity, where a leaf’s curl could stir something eternal. The Dutch Golden Age had begu...

Roepel. Coenraet - STILL LIFE WITH TULIPS AND HYACINTH.1715 detail THE HAGUE 1678 - 1748. oil on canvas.

A swag of roses, poppies, other flowers and berries held by a blue ribbon suspended from a nail, with a butterfly signed 'Maria von Oosterwyck' (lower right) oil on panel 34 x 27cm (13 3/8 x 10 5/8in).

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