Van Gogh Floral Collection Keepsake Boxed Notecards

A detail from one of Vincent van Gogh's most beautiful floral portraits, Almond Blossom, has been applied to Galison's Vincent Floral Collection keepsake box of note cards. Van Gogh created this work to celebrate the birth of his nephew, using the fragile buds as a symbol of new life. Details of four vibrant oil on canvas floral portraits are reproduced on four cards each: Almond Blossom, 1890, from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Sunflowers, 1888, from the Neue Pinakothek, Munich; A Vase of Roses, 1890, from a private collection, and Irises, 1889, from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu. The sturdy decorative box holds cards and envelopes neatly, and when the cards have been sent, it's great for storing all sorts of little things—from extra buttons to pearls.

The pleaseant outdoor scenes shown on the cards of Galison's Monet National Gallery of Art set are suitable for any time you need to write a note. There are four cards each showing details from four of the National Gallery's most popular paintings by visitor favorite Claude Monet:The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias, 1873; The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874; The Japanese Footbridge, 1899; and The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil, 1880. All are oil on canvas paintings. The sturdy decorative box holds cards and envelopes neatly, and when the cards have been sent, it's great for storing all sorts of little things—from extra buttons to pearls.

Galison's Monet Waterlily Garden keepsake box of cards features a view of the famous Japanese bridge in the artist's garden at Giverny from White Waterlilies, 1899, in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow on the outside of the box. The image is reproduced on four of the 16 cards inside. Other waterlily images included are: Waterlilies, 1906, from the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; Waterlilies and The Agapanthus both painted 1914-17 and both from the Musee Marmottan, Paris. "Suddenly I had the revelation of how magical my pond is. I took up my palette and since that time, I have scarcely had any other model." — Claude Monet. The sturdy decorative box holds cards and envelopes neatly, and when the cards have been sent, it's great for storing all sorts of little things—from extra buttons to pearls.

Austrian Gustav Klimt is known for his sensuous, golden prtraits of women, and of course for his most reproduced painting, The Kiss. In Galison's Klimt Mother and Child keepsake box of cards, details of four Klimt paintings are reproduced on four cards each. The subjects of the paintings range from Expectation (c. 1905-09, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna) to The Kiss (1907-08, Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna) and Fulfillment (c.1905-09, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts), to the final tender depiction of a sleeping mother and small child, a detail from The Three Ages of Women, (1905, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome). The sturdy decorative box holds cards and envelopes neatly, and when the cards have been sent, it's great for storing all sorts of little things—from extra buttons to pearls.

Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party shows his friends on an outing at the Maison Fornaise, a small hotel overlooking the Seine in the town of Chatou, a weekend getaway west of Paris. Our Renoir Boating Party keepsake box includes 4 cards each that reproduce 4 details of the painting. Ah, the wine, the gaily bonneted women, the young men with exposed biceps. The original painting belongs to the Phillips Collection in Washington. Anyone for punting after lunch? The sturdy decorative box holds cards and envelopes neatly, and when the cards have been sent, it's great for storing all sorts of little things—from extra buttons to pearls.

A rare collection of art and literature perfectly suited for the artist, traveler, or anyone enchanted by the Southwest.