This event is in the past.It took place on February 25, 2024 at Hudson River Museum.
Decorative Exhibition
Decorative ExhibitionSteichen painted women as flowers in this series of monumental murals created on the cusp of WWI. Each subject is paired with botanicals that match her personality—roses for one muse, lilies for another.
Early modernist painting
Botanical symbolism
Pre-WWI art
Portraiture
Tips
📖inspired by Maeterlinck's 'Intelligence of Flowers'
🏛️originally commissioned for a NYC townhouse
📸includes Steichen's self-portrait and period photographs
Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers
Northwest Yonkers
Decorative ExhibitionDecorative ExhibitionSteichen painted women as flowers in this series of monumental murals created on the cusp of WWI. Each subject is paired with botanicals that match her personality—roses for one muse, lilies for another.
Early modernist painting
Botanical symbolism
Pre-WWI art
Portraiture
Tips
📖inspired by Maeterlinck's 'Intelligence of Flowers'
🏛️originally commissioned for a NYC townhouse
📸includes Steichen's self-portrait and period photographs
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