Knight of the Flowers | Georges Rochegrosse | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print " this painting is celebrated

" this painting is celebrated for its exquisite detail

Rothko believed that art had the power to communicate the human experience on a primal level

and spiritual evolution

Created in the 20th century

and the triumph of good over evil

Knight of the Flowers | Georges Rochegrosse | 1894 Frame Options:Art Print " this painting is celebratedAbout the artwork: Knight of the Flowers by Georges Rochegrosse is a large scale oil on canvas painted in 1894 and currently in the Muse dOrsay in Paris. It depicts a scene inspired by Parsifal, the opera and medieval epic in which the chaste knight Parsifal enters an enchanted garden after defeating the magician Klingsors guards and resists the seductive calls of the flower maidens who surround him. Rochegrosses composition balances rich floral