Tulips c. 1815 - 1854
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Eugène Anthelme Grobon's "Tulips," a watercolor on paper, showcases the artist's meticulous attention to detail in depicting the delicate beauty of the flowers. The vibrant colors and realistic textures of the tulips, with their intricate patterns of maroon, white, and yellow, are rendered with stunning precision. This botanical artwork, created between 1815 and 1854, exemplifies the popularity of floral studies in the 19th century and serves as a testament to the artist's skill in capturing the ephemeral nature of flowers.
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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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