
Dutch painter Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756—1840) trained under his brother Gerard in Paris and worked at the Sèvres porcelain works for over twenty years. A member of...

Dutch painter Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756—1840) trained under his brother Gerard in Paris and worked at the Sèvres porcelain works for over twenty years. A member of...

“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.” — Euripides. Bennett Oates, Hollyhocks and Peonies, Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase, on a Marble Ledge,...

Jan van Huysum (1682—1749) lived in Amsterdam, the centre of culture, trade and scientific exploration – especially in horticulture. He had access to the main plant...

American painter Martin Johnson Heade (1819—1904) known for his depictions of tropical birds, lotus blossoms and other still-life paintings. He travelled to the tropics...

From the 1600s into the early 18th century, many Dutch artists produced flower still-lifes, which emerged from illustrated studies of actual plants, the rise of floral...