Anthonore Christensen (1849-1926): Yellow roses. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated. 33 x 50 cm. (48.5 x 65.5 cm.) Anthonore Christensen was a flower painter whose motifs range from delicate flowering branches to plants depicted in their natural habitat. In 1919 she told the newspaper 'København': 'It was not enough for me to bring the flowers home in the living room and paint them in a pot or a glass, as the time required it. I wanted to have the little bit of nature'