Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Vase of Roses and Dahlias (c.1882) — Postcard

Painted around 1882, this small bouquet shows Renoir at his most generous — red, pink and pale yellow blooms tumbling out of a modest blue-and-white vase against a warm yellow-green ground. Roses and dahlias overlap rather than pose, a late-summer mix you would arrange yourself rather than buy in a florist's shop. The card belongs to anyone who keeps cut flowers on the kitchen table, gardens with both June and September in mind, or tucks a birthday note into a still life rather than a printed message.

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