Nature has been a repeated theme by artists In his works for centuries. The flowers, in addition to beautiful, have become an incredible way to practice with multiple techniques, shapes and colors for artistic work. It is no surprise that the natural beauty of flowers has attracted the attention of artists of all time, from antiquity to more modern times. And it is not only because of their symbolism, but for what they represented in the stages of painters and other artists, who have represented them in many ways as still lifes, as additional elements and even more creative and unique ways.
We listed 10 artists who used Flowers like muses During different periods of their life and the meaning they have or had in art history.
Ambrosius Bosschaert.SEPIA Times / Getty Images.
Ambrosius Bosschaert: Tulipanes and Roses
Bosschaert He was a painter from Bodegons of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to create floral lifes as an independent genre. He specialized in precise representations and painted bouquets of tulips, roses and other flowers cultivated in great detail and the most faithful to the possible reality in three recurrent motifs: flowers in a vase, at a table or in the potter of a window.
Édouard Manet.Heritage images / getty images.
Édouard Manet: Lilas y Rosas
Manet He painted flowers throughout his careerbut in the last six months of his life he dedicated himself to painting only floral still lifes. Many of his friends took flowers when they visited him when he was already sick and then he painted them. Although he had health problems, his paintings do not reflect that, but the beauty that the artist saw in the flowers and the way he contemplated them.