Description
A dense bush of roses in white, pink and red spills across the canvas, the blooms and buds painted in quick, overlapping strokes that read more as a living hedge than a cut arrangement. Green foliage fills every gap between the flowers, and a cool blue undertone runs beneath the whole surface.
Painted in 1885, the picture captures roses still growing rather than gathered into a vase, giving it a looser, more outdoor feel than Renoir’s studio still lifes. The print keeps that blue undertone visible beneath the pinks and reds, since it is what ties the whole loosely painted mass together.



