Tag Archives: Flowers

Japonisme, japonaiserie and chinoiserie

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Mark Mitchell

Victor Fontaine (1837-84), Guéridon fleuri The collecting of oriental works of art is an activity with a relatively long history in Britain. Chinese and Japanese artefacts had been eagerly acquired by English connoisseurs from the 17th century onwards: see, for … Continue reading →

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Daffodils that come before the swallow dares…

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Mark Mitchell

The appearance of a flowerpiece by Ludger Tom Ring in Christie’s Old Master & British Paintings Sale on 2 July – ‘one of the earliest independent still life [paintings] in the history of Western art’ – prompts the question, why … Continue reading →

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