Figure Studies
Summer Flowers (Fleurs d'été)
Gaston Béthune
This luminous Belle Époque painting captures a serene moment of leisure as women in fine summer gowns gather flowers in a soft, atmospheric landscape.
Au Jardin
Marie-François Firmin-Girard
1880 · Medium Not Listed
An elegant Belle Époque garden scene depicting two women and a child gathering flowers.
$243
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Where it works
A calm artwork with moderate presence with warm, lived-in color — sits quietly within a room.
- Often works in
- Dining Room · Bedroom · Living Room
- Placement
- Strong for entryways, narrow walls, and vertical placements
- Walls
- Benefits from light or mid-tone surroundings
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Rich brown, Olive green
About the piece
Painted around 1880 by Marie-François Firmin-Girard, this charming genre scene captures a moment of quiet leisure in a lush French garden. The artist meticulously renders the varied textures of the figures' fashionable attire—deep blue and black silks—against the dappled light and verdant backdrop of the flowering shrubs.
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