Bouquet of Roses

1879

In the summer of 1879, the banker and diplomat Paul Berard invited Renoir to his country house in Normandy. During his visit, the artist painted portraits of Berard’s children and made several panel decorations, this one for a door in the library. While the bouquet’s orderly arrangement is traditional, the thick brushstrokes and lively colors reflect Renoir’s Impressionist technique.

Medium	oil on panel
Dimensions	32 13/16 x 25 3/16 in. (83.3 x 64 cm) Frame: 40 3/8 x 33 7/8 in. (102.6 x 86 cm)
Object Number	1955.592
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	On View

Image Caption

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Bouquet of Roses, 1879, oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, 1955.592

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New York: Knoedler Galleries.. Flowers by French Painters, XIX-XX Centuries.. Nov. 1932.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.. Exhibit Six: Impressionist Paintings.. Opened Sept. 18, 1956.. Kern, Steven, et al. A Passion for Renoir: Sterling and Francine Clark Collect, 19161951. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1996 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Elda Fezzi.. L'opera complete di Renoir, nel periodo impressionista 1869-1883.. Milan: Rizzoli.. 1972.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1972. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984. Sophie Monneret.. Renoir.. Paris: Editions Chêne.. 1989.. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Richard Whelan.. Impressionist Flowers: Art of the Bouquet.. Middletown (CA): First Glance Books.. 1998.. Néret, Gilles. Renoir: Painter of Happiness 18411919. Cologne: Taschen GmbH, 2001. Lees, Sarah, ed. Nineteenth-Century European Paintings at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; New Haven and London: distributed by Yale University Press, 2012. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Paintings on Exhibition, July 1968. Exhibition brochure. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1968.

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Provenance

Paul Berard, Wargemont (d. 1905); Mme Angelot, Paris;¹ [Knoedler, New York, by 1932, sold to Clark, 25 May 1933]; Robert Sterling Clark (1933–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955. 1. According to Knoedler invoice in the Clark’s curatorial file.