Woman and Roses

1879

A young woman in a spotless white dress has paused, while strolling through a well-tended garden, to enjoy the fragrance of a cluster of pink roses. Creeping vegetation clings to the wall behind her, and a glimpse of less cultivated scenery can be seen beyond the wooden trellis on the right. The painting draws a parallel between the youthful freshness of this fashionably-dressed woman and the flowers in bloom around her.

Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	24 3/4 x 17 5/8 in. (62.8 x 44.7 cm)
Object Number	1955.877
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	On View

Image Caption

Auguste Toulmouche, Woman and Roses, 1879, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.877

Select Bibliography

Søndergaard, Sidsel Maria, ed. Women in Impressionism: From Mythical Feminine to Modern Woman. Exhibition catalogue. Milan and Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek with Skira Editore, 2006. Cunningham, Charles C., et al. The Elegant Academics: Chroniclers of 19th-Century Parisian Life. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: The Clark, 1974. Feeney, Maura. A La Mode: Women's Fashions in French Art, 1850-1900. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1982. Weisberg, Gabriel P. Women of Fashion: French and American Images of Leisure, 1880-1910. Exhibition catalogue. Tokyo: Art Life, 1994. John Rewald.. The History of Impressionism.. New York: Museum of Modern Art.. 1961, 1973.. 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. 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. New York: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University.. Walter Gay: A Retrospective (exh.cat.).. Sept. 16-Nov. 1, 1980.. 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. Philadelphia (PA): Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition. Exh. cat. by Annette Blaugrund et al.. 1989.. Kern, Steven, ed. List of Paintings in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1992. Valerie Steele.. Paris Fashion: A Cultural History, 2nd ed.. New York: Berg Publishers.. 1998.. John House. " Monet's Galdioli" Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Vol. 77 No. I/2. The Detroit Institute of Arts. 2003:pp.12-13. 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.

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Provenance

Daniel Catlin, Saint Louis (until d. 1916); Mrs. Daniel Catlin, Saint Louis, by descent (1916–17, given to the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, 9 Mar. 1917); City Art Museum (later the Saint Louis Art Museum), Saint Louis (1917–45); sale, Kende Galleries, New York, 4 May 1945, no. 126, sold to Knoedler; [Knoedler, New York, sold to Clark, 21 May 1945]; Robert Sterling Clark (1945–55 ); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.