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Of all the flowers of the world, roses have become the most popular and the most venerated. The ancient Romans considered the rose the symbol of victory, pride and triumpant love. In the East the scent created from rose petals was one of the most desired. In Christian symbolism the red rose is the symbol of martyrdom and the white rose symbolized purity. The rose has had as great a fascination for painters as it has had for symbolists or for gardeners. Although its symbolic use in painting is of very ancient origin, It has also been a favorite with painters of still life, as in the painting of Andre Derain in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In this painting Derain has exhibited a tenderness of sentiment ncl t.r be expected from his background, for he paralleled his training in painting with training as a boxer and as a competitive bicycle rider.
Bom in Chatou, near Paris, in 1880, the young Derain was not allowed to devote himself wholly to painting until the objections of his parents had been overcome through the influence of Matisse, who had already had a certain success. Derain had studied at the Academic Carriere where he had ' met Matisse. In- Chatou he had also met Vlaminck, for Vlaminck used to go there to exercise on his bicycle. „
Matisse has left this description of Derain and Vlaminck, both of whom he saw at an exhibition-soon after this_“I saw Derain accompanied by a young giant who wasvoicing his enthusiasm in authoritattve tones and declaring that one 'must paint with pure vermilion, pure Veronese green and pure cobalt; Derain, I think, was a little afraid of him while observing his ardour and enthusiasm.”
This “ardour and enthusiasm” for brilliant colors had been sparked by the Van Gogh exhibition of 1901 in Paris and rise a little later to a group of painters,
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