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Summer Flowers by Abbott Fuller Graves is one of those images that never dates. Our studio recreates it as a hand painted oil painting — textured, color-rich, and ready to hang as canvas wall art in a home office, study, or reception area.
circa 1927
Oil on canvas
40 x 50 inches.
Celebrated for his flower paintings from his earliest years painting in Boston, Abbott Fuller Graves worked as a youth at a local greenhouse where, while he made arrangements for special events, he also developed a love of flowers. Around 1877, he began painting blossoms, first exhibiting a painting of roses at the Boston Art Club. The self-taught painter soon achieved a reputation for his floral subjects. Two trips to study in Paris introduced Graves first to the more traditional techniques taught in the French academies and later to the freer brushstroke and brighter palette of the Impressionists.
The present work depicts a wagon artfully heaped with dahlias, radiant in the summer sun. The composition was undoubtedly painted in Kennebunkport, Maine, where Graves had a home and where he spent most summers. Kennebunkport was also the summer residence of one of his most significant patrons, Margaret Woodbury Strong, who was passionate both about collecting and flower arranging, and who eventually owned twenty-three paintings and one drawing by the artist. It is not clear whether she acquired them directly from the artist or his family, or from Vose Galleries in Boston, which showed Graves's paintings regularly and even mounted a memorial exhibition upon his death in 1936.
Our artists reproduce this still life composition in oil on canvas by hand, preserving the tonal range that makes still life oil painting so sought after for a home office.
Trained artists work in stages — underpainting, mid-tones, highlights, and detail — using traditional oils on canvas. Because nothing is printed, every hand painted oil painting has its own subtle texture and depth.
For office wall decor that does not feel generic, a painted still life canvas is hard to beat. It is a popular still life oil painting pick for new homeowners and a durable alternative to seasonal poster art.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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