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James Holland’s 1859 watercolour shows an abundant summer bouquet in a clear glass vase. Soft pink and cream roses, a vivid red poppy, pelargoniums, yellow calceolarias, and tall blue delphiniums spill naturally across the composition.

James Holland’s Delphinium Watercolour

June 30, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtBritish ArtTeaching Resources

Celebrate July’s Delphinium with James Holland’s radiant 1859 watercolour, where Victorian flower symbolism, luminous colour, and the dreamer’s heart bloom together in a timeless summer bouquet.

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By Rossetti, a pastel and black chalk on tinted paper painting of the Day Dream, presenting Jame Morris in a flowing green dress, among tree branches and leaves, holding a small sprig of honeysuckle, thoughtfully looking downward, surrounded by soft, filtered light.

The Day Dream

May 31, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtBritish ArtTeaching Resources

Rossetti’s The Day Dream captures Jane Morris in a moment of stillness—where symbolism, desire, and interiority intertwine within one of the most atmospheric Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

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A delicate still life by Johan Laurentz Jensen showing pale hawthorn blossoms on a dark background, highlighting their fine detail and soft light.

Still Life with Hawthorn Blossom

April 30, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtTeaching Resources

In the quiet refinement of 19th-century Danish painting, Jensen’s Still Life with Hawthorn Blossom celebrates May’s fleeting beauty — where delicate hawthorn blossoms become symbols of renewal, transience, and enduring meaning.

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Georgia O’Keeffe, Pink Sweet Peas II: Close-up view of enlarged pink sweet pea blossoms filling the vertical composition, their velvety petals unfolding in soft gradations of rose against a muted background.

Pink Sweet Peas II

March 31, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 20th century ArtAmerican ArtTeaching Resources

A luminous close-up by Georgia O’Keeffe transforms sweet peas into an immersive meditation on form, perception, and the quiet power of spring’s fleeting beauty.

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Philip Wilson Steer, Jonquil, British Impressionist interior with flowers

Philip Wilson Steer’s Jonquil

March 4, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtBritish ArtTeaching Resources

March’s flower arrives quietly in Jonquil, where Philip Wilson Steer captures early spring’s tender renewal through soft light, stillness, and intimate contemplation.

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A Japanese woodblock print of a blue and rust-colored kingfisher perched on a curved iris leaf, its long beak pointing downward. Tall blue irises and pink wild carnations grow against a pale beige background, with black calligraphy and red seals adding balance to the calm, natural scene.

Iris celebrated as the flower of February

January 31, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou Japanese ArtTeaching Resources

Hokusai’s Kingfisher, Irises and Wild Pinks blends delicate nature, seasonal symbolism, and Edo printmaking, where an iris-centered composition reflects harmony, poetry, and refined Japanese artistic tradition.

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Color lithograph trade card depicting a white snowdrop flower (Galanthus nivalis) with green leaves, from the Flowers series for Old Judge Cigarettes, published by Goodwin & Company in 1890.

The Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

January 1, 2026
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtAmerican ArtTeaching Resources

The snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, heralds January with quiet resilience, symbolizing hope and renewal, while the Old Judge cards transform this delicate bloom into art, blending nature, culture, and everyday life.

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Andy Warhol’s Kiku Prints

October 31, 2025
by Amalia Spiliakou 20th century ArtAmerican ArtTeaching Resources

Chrysanthemums, the flower of November, bridge Matsuo Bashō’s haiku meditation on autumnal impermanence with Andy Warhol’s Kiku prints, where repetition and color transform a traditional Japanese symbol into a modern reflection on beauty, memory, and cultural continuity.

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Morning Glories by Suzuki Kiitsu, Japanese Edo period artist (1796–1858), six-panel folding screens with ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, The Met Museum, New York, USA

Morning Glories by Suzuki Kiitsu

September 30, 2025
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtJapanese ArtTeaching Resources

Suzuki Kiitsu’s Morning Glories screens embody Rinpa elegance, transforming seasonal blooms into rhythmic cascades of color and gold that blur nature and design into a timeless meditation on fleeting beauty.

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Marigolds

August 31, 2025
by Amalia Spiliakou 19th century ArtBritish ArtTeaching Resources

Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Marigolds transforms a quiet domestic moment into a symbolic meditation on renewal, where simple floral arrangement becomes an intimate expression of resilience, beauty, and nature’s persistent return.

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