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Colour of the Month Theme for 2024 - Flowers in Artwork
May 2024 - Haverman: A Vase of Flowers (1716)
Margareta Haverman enjoyed a thriving career as an artist at a time when women were typically not permitted to take part in painting or any other form of artistic expression in the Netherlands or any other part of Europe. She was an artist who devoted much of her life to painting works that focused on flowers. Born and raised in the Netherlands, she studied with the notoriously secretive flower painter Jan van Huysum and later gained admission to the French Royal Academy in Paris.
This 1716 oil painting features a sprawling and vibrant bouquet of flowers that range from carnations and roses, as well as fruit. If you look very closely, you can even see a house fly and a snail! Haverman brilliantly portrayed the bouquet and vase as having been surrounded by darkness with light pouring in from the left side of the canvas. This splendid artwork truly showcases the artist's mastery and her use of trailblazing pigments like Prussian Blue. Over years, the natural yellow lake pigment used in the leaves has gradually lost its vibrancy, making them appear to have a blue hue.
Socknado - 80% SW Fine Merino / 20%Nylon
350 meters / 385 yards per 100 gram / 3.5 oz skein
Gauge: 27 - 32 sts / 4 inches (10 cm) US 1.5 - 3 or 2.5 - 3.25 mm
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