Peony in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Still Life with Flowers and Bowl, Mihály Munkácsy

Still Life with Flowers and Bowl, 1882.

Virágcsendélet tállal (museum title)

Mihály Munkácsy (Hungarian), oil on wood

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Bamboo Flowerbasket, 1932.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Peony, c. 1580.

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (French), watercolor and gouache on paper

Oak Spring Garden Foundation, United States

Immortal Blossoms in Eternal Spring: Herbaceous Peony

清郎世寧畫仙萼長春冊芍藥 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on silk

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Sketches from Life by Chuanqi: Peonies, Bada Shanren

Sketches from Life by Chuanqi: Peonies, 1659.

清傳綮寫生冊花卉 (museum title)

Bada Shanren (Chinese), ink on paper

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Flowers and birds, image 4

김홍도필 화조도 (museum title)

Kim Hong-do (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase), Kitagawa Utamaro

“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase), 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ikebana arrangement of Peony and Willow in Dragon Pot

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Peonies and Canary, c. 1834.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Bowl with Peonies and Roses, Vincent van Gogh

Bowl with Peonies and Roses, 1886.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

화령전 작약, 1934.

Na Hye-sok (Korean), oil on panel

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Corée du Sud

A Bird amidst Blooms

宋徽宗花鳥軸 (museum title)

Empereur Huizong (Chinese), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Landscape and peonies, image 2

산수·모란 (museum title)

Sim Sa-jeong (Korean), ink on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Girl with Peonies, 1909.

Mädchen mit Pfingstrosen (museum title)

Alexej von Jawlensky (Russian), oil on cardboard mounted on plywood

Von der Heydt Museum, Germany

Still Life with Flowers, 1905.

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Lilas et pivoines dans deux vases, Gustave Caillebotte

Lilas et pivoines dans deux vases, 1883.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Impressionism – The Hasso Plattner Collection, Germany

Woman with Peonies, 1926.

Kvinne med peoner (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Mary among a Multitude of Animals, Albrecht Dürer

Mary among a Multitude of Animals, 1503.

Albrecht Dürer (German), watercolour and ink and chalk

Albertina, Austria

Bouquet de fleurs, pivoines et seringas, Camille Pissarro

Bouquet de fleurs, pivoines et seringas, 1878.

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

Peony Garden, 1887.

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Western Art, Japan

Flowers and bird, 1767.

꽃과 새 (museum title)

Sim Sa-jeong (Korean), ink on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Jeune Fille au décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux, Berthe Morisot

Jeune Fille au décolleté, la fleur aux cheveux, 1893.

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Pine, bamboo and peony, image 4

소나무,대나무와 모란 (museum title)

Kang Se-hwang (Korean), ink and color on paper

National Museum of Korea, Corée du Sud

Peony with butterfly, 1925–1936.

Pioenroos met vlinder (museum title)

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Siberian Bluechat next to a Peony sheltered by a Snowcovered Hay Sheaf, Ohara Koson

Siberian Bluechat next to a Peony sheltered by a Snowcovered Hay Sheaf, 1925–1936.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, Gustave Courbet

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, 1862.

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Swallow with Peony, 1900–1930.

Ohara Koson (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Stil life with white vase, 1886.

Le Bol blanc (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Le Vase bleu sombre, c. 1880.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Ann & Gordon Getty Collection, United States

Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses, Vincent van Gogh

Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses, 1886.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

Bouquet of Roses, Irises, and Gladioli, Suzanne Valadon

Bouquet of Roses, Irises, and Gladioli, 1928.

Bouquet de roses, iris et glaïeuls (museum title)

Suzanne Valadon (French), oil on canvas

Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Pivoines, 1919.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Garengo Foundation, Switzerland

Flowers in a Vase

清郎世寧畫瓶花軸 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Peacock Spreading Its Tail Feathers

清郎世寧孔雀開屏軸 (museum title)

Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian), ink and color on silk, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

Peonies, c. 1869.

Berthe Morisot (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Peonies in a crystal vase, Leon Wyczółkowski

Peonies in a crystal vase, 1922.

Piwonie w kryształowym wazonie (museum title)

Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish), lithograph and stone engraving

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Painting, 1848.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Still Life with Peonies, 1884.

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Bouquet of Pink Peonies, Camille Pissarro

Bouquet of Pink Peonies, 1873.

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom

Pivoines, 1887.

Claude Monet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Hour of the Snake, 1859.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), diptych; colour woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Flowers in a Vase, 1909.

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, United States

Stone Bridge, c. 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Peonies, 1864–1865.

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Tokugawa Peony Garden at Ochiai, Yoshida Hiroshi

The Tokugawa Peony Garden at Ochiai, 1928.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print on silk

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Bouquet de Fleurs, 1898.

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, United States

Young Woman in a Room, 1892–1893.

Édouard Vuillard (French)

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Sunday Rest

Söndagsvila (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), watercolor on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums, Vincent van Gogh

Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums, 1886.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on cardboard

Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands

Fleurs et fruits, 1872–1873.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland