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"Still Life with Flowers and Idol," Paul Gauguin, c. 1892.

Y'all know Gauguin by now.

He wasn't famous for his still lifes but he did quite a few, especially during his time in the South Pacific. Here we have some purple tropical flowers with a strange idol peeking over the blossoms.

The idol is similar to elements Gauguin had in many of his still lifes. He'd often include a face, or some representation of a face, in his still lifes, often demonic or enigmatic. The idol here is a bit strange and unsettling; it's unclear of what it's meant to represent.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Kunsthaus Zurich.

My #petunias for #FlowerFriday, with a few close-ups of the Night Sky varieties 💜

Apologies to @bluejay@ohai.social for taking so long. It's surprisingly difficult to take sharp snaps of them! I think the velvety texture messes with the camera's focus. 😅 (Which reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where Arthur and Zaphod can't wrap their heads around how 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 that spaceship is 😄)


#Petunien #Blumen #flowers #purple #violet #lila #violett #florespondence #bloomScrolling

"Sunflowers Along the Seine," Gustave Caillebotte, c. 1885-6.

Caillebotte (1848-96) was a wealthy art collector and an accomplished artist in his own right. Educated as a lawyer and engineer, he inherited his father's fortune in 1874 while studying art and quickly developing an accomplished style of his own.

He was a patron of the Impressionists and one of their number, although using a more realistic style than most of them. He turns up in Renoir's "The Luncheon of the Boating Party," in the lower right, in sleeveless shirt and hat, ogling an oblivious burly man similarly dressed on the right side. Yes, Caillebotte was gay, it seems, and he featured nude or seminude men in his work with a perspective strongly hinting the erotic gaze.

Here, though, he simply gives us some sunflowers by the riverside, with a narrowboat on the water. A pleasant summer scene. Happy Flower Friday!

From the Legion of Honor museum, San Francisco.