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An exceptional year for irises, the flower that is a work of art on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save. Robin Lane Fox. June 5 2015. Jump to comments section Print this page.

Flower paintings, in general, got a bad rap (too pretty), and often still do. ... Iris Van Herpen’s Latest Innovation? A Dress Made From 125 Million Bioluminescent Algae.

Kernel of truth: pollen cone stuck in paint reveals where Van Gogh’s Irises grew. His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October.

The resulting Irises is now owned by the Getty Center in Los Angeles, where many contemporary viewers have seen the painting’s blue-hued flowers—but they’re seeing a distorted version.

So too for Irises, though here, change is also physical: today, its flowers appear blue when once they were violet. Vincent van Gogh, Irises (1889). Photo courtesy Getty Museum.

The Fresno Iris Society presents their annual Iris Flower Show. Valley PBS Community byYou | Fresno Iris Society Flower Show | Season 2014 | Episode 45 | PBS Skip to Main Content ...

Pardancanda norrisii is an iris-family flower child: created in the 1960s, more colorful than either of its parents, developed by an avid home gardener named Samuel Norris, who did it all for love ...