Visual motif

Flowers

Browse floral motifs across paintings, prints, photographs, and decorative objects using both museum metadata and vision-detected blossoms, bouquets, petals, and botanical studies. This motif page currently surfaces 102 works by 74 artists across 25 institutions. It blends museum tags, public collections, and vision-detected blossoms, bouquets, petals, and botanical still lifes.

102 works

8 leading artists

8 institutions

Letters

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Windows

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Books

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Boats

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Artists with this motif

Odilon Redon

7 works surfaced for this motif.

Édouard Manet

4 works surfaced for this motif.

Vincent van Gogh

4 works surfaced for this motif.

Alexander Calder

3 works surfaced for this motif.

Eliot Porter

3 works surfaced for this motif.

Ogata Kōrin

3 works surfaced for this motif.

Artist: Arthur B. Davies

2 works surfaced for this motif.

Charles Demuth

2 works surfaced for this motif.

Museums with this motif

Cleveland Museum of Art

11 works surfaced for this motif.

Art Institute of Chicago

10 works surfaced for this motif.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

8 works surfaced for this motif.

J. Paul Getty Museum

7 works surfaced for this motif.

Dallas Museum of Art

5 works surfaced for this motif.

Museum of Modern Art

5 works surfaced for this motif.

Statens Museum for Kunst

5 works surfaced for this motif.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

5 works surfaced for this motif.

Works with this motif

The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America)

Allan Kaprow, Lette Eisenhauer, Red Grooms, Allan D'Arcangelo, Boris Lurie,…

Museum of Modern Art · Album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint,…

Paisagem n. 114 (MASP)

Lucia Laguna · 2018

MASP · Acrílica e óleo sobre tela

Water Lilies

Claude Monet · 1906

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Dara Shikoh with Sages

Payag · c. 1635

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Three Bathers

Henri Matisse · 1907

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Oil on canvas

Adeline Ravoux

Vincent van Gogh · 1890

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Chrysanthemum and Horsefly, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1831–33

Art Institute of Chicago · Color woodblock print, oban

Hokusai hyaku monogatari no uchi gomai by Katsushika

Katsushika · 1831

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

First Dream of the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1825

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic…

Fujieda, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Fujieda, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), detached page from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: A Picture Book of Highway Bells (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi: Ehon ekiro no suzu)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · c. 1808-1813

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Detached page from a woodblock-printed book; ink…

Round surimono - couple playing with monkey

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1800

Yale University Art Gallery · Surimono: polychrome woodblock print

Composition S

Tapio Wirkkala · 1964

Victoria and Albert Museum · stainless steel, forging

Plate (facing page 58) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)

Salvador Dalí · 1934

Museum of Modern Art · One from an illustrated book with forty-two…

Plate (facing page 146) from Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)

Salvador Dalí · 1934

Museum of Modern Art · One from an illustrated book with forty-two…

Shabnam Adiban

Adiban, Shabnam · 06/09/23 02:29:37 PM UTC

Princeton Digital PUL · Ephemera

Proscenium air grille from the Garrick Theater in the Schiller Building (demolished 1961), Chicago, Illinois

Louis Sullivan · 1891

Dallas Museum of Art · Painted plaster

Beauty Painting

Suzuki Harunobu · Edo period, 18th century

Tokyo National Museum · Painting

Woman in a Kimono

Walter Crane, 1845–1915 · 1910

Yale Center for British Art · Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick,…

Portrait of Ambrose Vollard, II

Pablo Picasso · 1937 (printed and published 1939)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Sugar-lift, with aquatint and spit-bite etching

Interior with Pink Wallpaper I

Édouard Vuillard · 1899

Cleveland Museum of Art · color lithograph

"Genpo yoka" (Collection of Flowering Plants)

Ito Jakuchu · Edo period, dated 1768 (Meiwa 5)

Tokyo National Museum · Ink rubbing of woodblock on paper

George Sand's Garden at Nohant

Eugène Delacroix · ca. 1842–43

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Dagens arbejde bedømmes

Anna Ancher · Værkdatering: 1883

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas · 1865

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Flower Bed II, a Prelude to Damnation

Hancock, Trenton Doyle · 2008

Victoria and Albert Museum · Wallpaper

Flower Bed

Hancock, Trenton Doyle · 2003

Victoria and Albert Museum · Wallpaper

Bottle (maebyŏng) with Design of Flowering and Fruiting Branches

Unknown artist · mid 12th century

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

Zinnias

Charles Demuth · 1924

Dallas Museum of Art · Watercolor and pencil on paper

Amaryllis

Charles Demuth · c. 1923

Cleveland Museum of Art · watercolor over graphite

Circling Doves

Artist: Arthur B. Davies · 1922

Yale University Art Gallery · Colored lithograph

Bacchantes

Artist: Arthur B. Davies · 1921

Yale University Art Gallery · Lithograph

Violette Heymann

Odilon Redon · 1910

Cleveland Museum of Art · pastel on gray wove paper

Still Life with Flowers

Odilon Redon · 1905

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Vase of Flowers

Odilon Redon · c. 1905

Cleveland Museum of Art · oil on fabric

Flower Clouds

Odilon Redon · c. 1903

Art Institute of Chicago · Pastel, with touches of stumping, incising, and…

[Tête d'enfant avec fleurs] by Redon

Redon · 1897-01-01

Library of Congress · photo, print, drawing

Strange Flower (Little Sister of the Poor)

Odilon Redon · 1880

Art Institute of Chicago · Various charcoals, with touches of black chalk…

Flowers: Poppies and Daisies

Odilon Redon · c. 1867

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on cardboard

Adelphi chimneypiece

Adam, Robert · ca. 1771

Victoria and Albert Museum · pinewood, carving

Solsikker (til Richard Mortensens mor)

Richard Mortensen · Værkdatering: Ca. 1930

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

Kunstnerens farmor Marie Mortensen

Richard Mortensen · Værkdatering: (1929-1930)

Statens Museum for Kunst · Lærred

The Breakfast Table

John Singer Sargent · 1883 - 1884

Fogg Museum · Oil on canvas

Lotus Pond, Kyoto

Ihei Kimura · October 1953

Museum of Modern Art · Gelatin silver print

Composition

Marsden Hartley · 1910

Fogg Museum · Oil on cardboard

Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth

Heade, Martin Johnson · c. 1890

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Irises

Vincent van Gogh · 1890

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

The Poet's Garden

Vincent van Gogh · 1888

Art Institute of Chicago · Oil on canvas

Still Life with Flowers

Beth Lipman · 2012

Cincinnati Art Museum · glass, wood, paint, adhesive

Painting by Utagawa Toyoharu

Utagawa Toyoharu · Edo period, 18th century

Tokyo National Museum · Woodblock print ([nishiki-e])

Pink Roses

Bridges, Fidelia · 1875

National Gallery of Art · watercolor on wove paper

Squash blossom necklace, from a three-piece set

Native · 20th century

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Silver, turquoise, coral, mother-of-pearl (?), onyx (?)

Le[ttre] Flamande

Jodocus Hondius (I) · 1614

Rijksmuseum · gravure

Venezuela with the Southern Part of New Andalusia.

Hondius · 1612-01-01

Library of Congress · map

A Modern Map of Spain.

Hondius · 1610-01-01

Library of Congress · map

Drawing by an unknown artist whilst in a POW camp

an unknown artist whilst in a POW camp

Wellcome Collection · Digital Images

Tenjin Visiting China

Fang Meiya, inscription by Ryōan Keigo · Ming dynasty (China)…

Kyushu National Museum · Color on silk

A New General Map of America

Emanuel Bowen · 1740

Gilcrease Museum · Map

China Rose and a Quail

Inscription by Keijo Shūrin · Muromachi period, 16th century

Tokyo National Museum · Color on silk

The Taima Mandala

Kanda Sōtei Takanobu · Edo period, 1836

Tokyo National Museum · Color on silk with hand-painted mounting

Wild Flowers in a Vase

Odilon Redon · c. 1910

Dallas Museum of Art · Pastel on board

Water Lilies

Claude Monet · 1908

Dallas Museum of Art · Oil on canvas

Girl in a Boat with Geese

Morisot, Berthe · c. 1889

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil

Monet, Claude · 1880

National Gallery of Art · oil on canvas

Pulcinella

Édouard Manet · Værkdatering: 1874

Statens Museum for Kunst · Farvelitografi

Fleur exotique (Exotic Flower)

Artist: Édouard Manet · 1868

Yale University Art Gallery · Etching and aquatint

Toy Painting 1

Yinka Shonibare · 2003

Denver Art Museum · Emulsion, acrylic paint on textiles, wire, toys

Marie Antoinette in a Park

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · ca. 1780–81

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Black chalk, stumped, and white chalk;…

Walking Flower

Fernand Léger · 1952/1953; cast 1982/1983

J. Paul Getty Museum · Glazed ceramic

Performance at the ICA London

Albrecht/d., Joseph Beuys · 1974, published 1987

Museum of Modern Art · 12-inch vinyl record

[Flower study]

Laura Gilpin · 1925

J. Paul Getty Museum · Platinum print

[Amaryllis flower]

Laura Gilpin · 1920

J. Paul Getty Museum · Platinum print

Fêtes (Celebrations)

Alexander Calder · 1971

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Color aquatints, letterpress, bound volume

Seed Pod and Cattails

Alexander Calder · 1968

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Gouache on paper

Tie clasp

Designer: Alexander Calder · c. 1960

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Brass

Flower

Alexander Calder · 1949

Dallas Museum of Art · Iron, silver, aluminum, and paint

Redbud Trees in Bottomland, Near Red River Gorge, Kentucky

Eliot Porter · negative April 17, 1968; print 1979

J. Paul Getty Museum · Dye imbibition print

Redbud in bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon

Eliot Porter · April 10, 1963

J. Paul Getty Museum · Dye imbibition print

Shadbush, near Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Eliot Porter · negative April 28, 1957; print 1979

J. Paul Getty Museum · Dye imbibition print

Georg von Rosen

Anders Zorn · 1893

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Etching

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1793

Cleveland Museum of Art · color woodblock print

Flowers in a Vase with a Putto

Isabella Peeters · 17th century (Baroque)

Walters Art Museum · oil on canvas

Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 · c. 1844/45

Art Institute of Chicago · Color woodblock print; oban