Flowers have been a popular motif in art for centuries. As the epitome of natural beauty and earthly mortality since the Baroque era, flowers have lost none of their fascination for artists in the 20th and 21st centuries. Why does modern and contemporary art turn so frequently to this multi-faceted subject?
Author Biography
Regina Selter is deputy director and curator of the Museum Ostwall at Dortmunder Universitat. Stefanie Weisshorn-Ponert is curator at the Museum Ostwall at Dortmunder Universitat.
