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#irises

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Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

"Horikiri Iris Garden," Hiroshige, 1856.

The Japanese village of Horikiri was famous for its flowers, many of which were sold in Edo (modern-day Tokyo). The gardens there were also a favorite destination for day trips from the city.

We don't see the actual village here, but we do get some prized irises that grew well in the marshy terrain around Horikiri. This was part of a series of 119 prints Hiroshige made of everyday scenes in Edo and the surrounding area.

From the Brooklyn Museum.

A Japanese print of the Ukiyo-e school, depicting irises growing in a marsh, near the village of Horikiri, famous for its flowers.
#Art#AsianArt#JapaneseArt
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"Irises," Vincent van Gogh, 1889.

We all know van Gogh, so I won't go into his history, except to note that he painted this during his time in a mental hospital after a period of depression and self-harm. This was a depiction of irises in the asylum's garden, and it seems van Gogh thought of it only as a preliminary sketch. His brother Theo saw it as a beautiful work and submitted to a show where it won acclaim.

It's influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e art, and by van Gogh's striving for a world without pain or tragedy. Sadly, his life would end just over a year after this was completed.

From the Getty Museum, Los Angeles

A Post-Impressionist scene. We have a garden full of irises, mostly blue/purple, with one white one. All are painted in great detail and all are different.
#Art#PostImpressionism#VincentVanGogh
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Carson Hill 📎

Good afternoon, anonymous friends! (1/4)

Went to the #RhododendronSpeciesBotanicalGarden on my lunch today - lots of pretty #flowers even though most of the #Rhododendrons had already bloomed.

URL here with more info about the garden, recommend it if you're local(ish) to #FederalWay, which is a short hop south from #Seattle :
rhodygarden.org/

Enjoy - I'll post additional pics in reply (without tags) below.

A cluster of small pink flower with a yellow center.
A cute little yellow iris - a bog-friendly variety, with more filling the background.
A vibrant orange tiger lily. It's probably more brilliantly orange than an actual tiger would be, and certainly smells better.
No idea what this flower is, but it's super fluffy and pink. Basically a natural doily.
#bloomscrolling#pnw#gardening
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