User:Viriditas/sandbox69

'''''Geraniums''''' is a series of approximately 24 paintings by American Impressionist painter [[Childe Hassam]] produced in or depicting the French garden in the country villa of German businessman and family friend Ernest Blumenthal at [[Villiers-le-Bel]]. The villa was once owned by French history painter [[Thomas Couture]], who was notable as the teacher of [[Edouard Manet]]. Hassam's wife Maud was friends with Blumenthal's wife and sat for many of the works. Hassam produced the series during his stay in France from 1886 until 1889. The series, generally referred to as the Villiers-le-Bel paintings, features non-native flowers cultivated by gardeners, including geraniums, oleanders, dracaena and rhododendrons. He featured one of the works from the series, ''Geraniums'' (1888) at the Salon in 1889.

The ''''' Villiers-le-Bel series''''' or '''''Geraniums''''', is a series of approximately 24 paintings by American Impressionist painter [[Childe Hassam]] produced in or depicting the French garden in the country villa of German businessman and family friend Ernest Blumenthal at [[Villiers-le-Bel]]. The villa was once owned by French history painter [[Thomas Couture]], who was notable as the teacher of [[Edouard Manet]]. Hassam's wife Maud was friends with Blumenthal's wife and sat for many of the works. Hassam produced the series during his stay in France from 1886 until 1889. The series, generally referred to as the Villiers-le-Bel paintings, features non-native flowers cultivated by gardeners, including geraniums, oleanders, dracaena and rhododendrons. He featured one of the works from the series, ''Geraniums'' (1888) at the Salon in 1889.