SuperRare

🎨 Digitales, 1899
by #Paul_Ranson 🇫🇷
tempera on canvas, 150 x 70 cm
National Museum of Western Art, Japan

🪄About the artwork:

"Digitales" refers to the plant known as Digitalis, commonly called foxglove, which is both beautiful and poisonous. Ranson’s choice of subject would likely reflect his interest in the symbolic and possibly the dual nature of beauty and danger. The painting might depict these tall, striking flowers in a stylized form, emphasizing their elegant, elongated shapes and vibrant colors, characteristic of the Nabis' focus on the beauty of natural forms as symbols.