Tulipa gesneriana (Didier's Tulip) 1816
josephatusch
minneapolisinstituteofart
drawing, watercolor
simple decoration style
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natural stone pattern
tropical
circular oval feature
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"Tulipa gesneriana (Didier's Tulip)" is a watercolor painting by Josepha Tusch, completed in 1816. The painting depicts a single tulip with delicate, white and pink petals, accented with purple streaks. The work is notable for its realistic depiction of the flower's form and texture, as well as the artist's subtle use of color. The piece is currently housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and is a fine example of botanical illustration from the early 19th century.
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Botanical illustrators working in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries devoted themselves to the medicinal qualities of plants and sought to render plant structure and function as precisely as they could. Later, European explorers brought specimens back from exotic locales, and artists carefully reproduced them for an audience fascinated by new discoveries. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, artists had shifted their emphasis from scientific illustration to the innate beauty of the plant or flower. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is fortunate to possess an impressive collection of more than 2,000 botanical prints and drawings.
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