The University of Virginia Art Museum exhibits art from around the world dating from ancient times to the present. In addition to its permanent collection, the Museum offers changing exhibitions, accompanied by related programs and publications.
Flowers Interpret Art 2008
Every year, in conjunction with Garden Week in Virginia, members of the Museum's Volunteer Board organize Flowers Interpret Art, an exhibition of floral arrangements inspired by selected works on view in the Museum. Visitors enjoy the creativity and beauty of the presentations and vote for their favorite piece. Check our website or call 434.924.3592 to learn how you can enter or make reservations for the buffet.
Tuesday, April 22
Exhibition hours, with refreshments,
10 am - 5 pm
Buffet, 6-9 pm; a fee is charged
Jan van Kessel, Flemish,
1626-1679 Still Life with Fruit and a Monkey,
1650 or 1660's
Oil on copper panel
Gift of Theodora Getty Gaston
1988.51
Flowers Interpret Art Special Selection
Jan van Kessel, grandson of Jan Brueghel, specialized in small-scale pictures of the natural world. He worked from nature and used scientific texts as source material for his paintings.
Floral arrangements may be created using one of the six segments from his painting shown below. To see a larger view of section, click here:
