Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 ( link )

 Fatata te miti  1892

National Gallery of Art Whashington,D.C.

huile sur toile

67,9 × 91,5 cm

 Paul Gauguin, La Vision du Sermon ou La Lutte de Jacob avec l’Ange, 1888

The National Gallery of Scotland, Edimbourg

Abraham Bosschaert

 Bouquet de fleurs sur un entablement

 59 cm x 43,5 cm

 panneau de chêne

Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast

Middelburg, vers 1593 - Delft, 1657

Fleurs dans une coupe en verre, coquillages, papillons et sauterelle

 vers 1640-1650

Huile sur bois (chêne)
H. : 52, 7 cm ; L. : 42 cm

 Musée du Louvre

Balthasar van der Ast

Balthasar van der Ast

(1593/94-1657) Balthasar van der Ast was born in Middelburg. There he was apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Ambrosius Bosschaert. Van der Ast, his brother-in-law and three nephews have become known as the Bosschaert dynasty, a group of painters famous for their still lifes. In 1615, Van der Ast and the Bosschaert family moved to Bergen op Zoom, and a few years later to Utrecht. In 1632 he settled in Delft, where he married. Van der Ast specialised in still lifes of flowers and fruit, as well as painting a number of remarkable shell still lifes. He worked together with Roelant Savery and taught Jan Davidsz. de Heem and the sons of Ambrosius Bosschaert.

A Vase of Flowers

A530; oil on panel; 30 x 24 cm.

Signed and dated: B. vander.ast fe./.i.6.2.3..

Prov: Miss Hill, Leamington Spa.

Bequeathed by Daisy Linda Ward, 1939; WA1940.2.6.

Meijer 2003, no. 7.

Van der Ast's prolific output ranges from small coppers to large, complex compositions. He was trained by Ambrosius Bosschaert and developed his teacher's compositions with added sea-shells, fruit and other accessories. This panel from the 1620s combines a central porcelain flask of flowers in the manner of Bosschaert with beetles and a spider which may have been inspired by of the work of Roelant Savery.

flowers by Katinka Matson

Three Parrott Tulips

Tim Walker

Tim Walker