H. MacFarlane - Peonies

Flowers as a subject in themselves began to appear in still lifes, a genre that emerged in the early 17th century. Subsequently, painters, especially the Impressionists, increasingly focused on the floral world as an extraordinary opportunity to capture vibrant colors and light. Thus, flowers began to appear not only in vases, but also immersed in their natural landscape. While initially a pretext for painters to attempt a photographic reproduction of reality, with contemporary art, the subject of flowers also becomes a way of interpreting reality.

The painting is particularly interesting because it presents a variation on the theme of floral composition within an academic context. The artist nevertheless strives to maintain a completely naturalistic rendering of the subject. However, one can see how MacFarlane tends to avoid hyperrealistic idealization in favor of an immediacy of atmospheric conditions and light, which the painter interprets through a certain disintegration of forms. Technically, this translates into a rapid and concise brushstroke, particularly noticeable on the vase and the stone surfaces.

H. MacFarlane is a painter who devoted himself primarily to still lifes and floral compositions. He often interpreted his subjects in an academic style, but at the same time enlivened them with a more spontaneous and immediate pictorial style.

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