HELENE’S FLORIST byRICHARD ESTES 1971TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, OHIO, USA Artist: Richard Estes Title: Helene’s Florist Date: 1971 Style: Photorealism Genre: Painting Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA Dimension: 121.9 cm x 182.8 cm Oil on canvas Richard Estes’s paintings substantially celebrate the visual complexity of the urban environment, whereas everything evolves, especially in that era. Though there is no living human in this painting, it describes its surroundings. He used a photograph of Helene’s Florist Shop (back then, it was located on Colombus Avenue at 72nd Street in New York) as his inspiration for his painting. However, much as it may take after the photograph, the painting has qualities not found in photography. Though a traditional film camera captured it, the simultaneous depth of field gave complete clarity at close and far range – it looked the same. REFERENCE · GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE