ギュスターヴ・カイユボット（Gustave Caillebotte）作『Yellow Roses in a Vase』

2022.3.5 撮影

美術館のキャプション
A bouquet of yellow roses is set on a marble table against a dark ground. The flowers are shown full-blown, just at the moment when their lush, open petals have begun to drop. The intense drama of the painting results from the contrast between the minimalist elegance of the composition and the thickly painted roses at its center. Yellow Roses in a Vase was painted during Caillebotte's first serious engagement with the genre of still life. Between 1881 and 1883, he painted more than 30 still lifes, reflecting a renewed interest in the genre among several artists of the Impressionist circle, most notably Claude Monet, who shared Caillebotte's Paris studio in 1882. Yellow Roses in a Vase remained with Caillebotte throughout his life was purchased after his death in 1894 by Edgar Degas, who collected the works of his fellow artists, as had Caillebotte himself.