Lídia Vives - Flowers
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Has over ten years of experience in art, specialising in post-war photography and contemporary art.
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Description from the seller
Print and Authenticity
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper with a high-gloss finish.
It is delivered signed and numbered, with a certificate of authenticity.
Edition
Limited edition 1/30. Size: 21 × 28 cm.
Shipping
The artwork is shipped in a rigid envelope according to destination.
The package includes cotton gloves for handling the artwork and a signed postcard.
ABOUT THE WORK — Flowers
Flowers is a self-portrait that exalts beauty as a visual and symbolic construction. The figure is crowned with roses in full bloom and dressed in a mantle of butterflies: an intense, meticulously composed image where every element reinforces an aesthetic full of intention.
The composition evokes the imagery of modernism: ornamental exuberance, idealized nature, and a female presence that inhabits both the decorative and the enigmatic at once. The butterflies — symbols of metamorphosis and transience — dialogue with the steady serenity of the flowers, creating a tension between the ephemeral and the enduring.
The restrained expression, the chromatic richness, and the opulence of textures build an almost totemic figure, suspended between the real and the symbolic. Here, beauty is not merely a visual attribute: it is a conscious, powerful, and deliberately stylized statement.
Flowers celebrates the sublime through the artificial and proposes a vision where nature reinvents itself as ornament and language.
Seller's Story
Lídia Vives is a visual artist and fine art photographer in Barcelona. Her work draws from pictorial tradition, symbolic storytelling and contemporary fashion aesthetics, creating carefully constructed images that go beyond surface beauty to reveal hidden layers of meaning.
She is known for embedding subtle narrative details and recurring symbolic elements within her photographs, inviting viewers to slow down and engage with the image beyond its first reading. These visual cues have become a distinctive part of her artistic language.
Influenced by Renaissance and Baroque painting, Vives balances the timeless and the surreal, often working with staged environments, custom-made props and self-portraiture. Her practice combines meticulous art direction with a strong sense of atmosphere and visual cohesion.
Alongside her personal artistic work, she collaborates with brands, media and institutions on editorial, cultural and commercial projects, always maintaining a concept-driven approach and a consistent visual identity.
Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and international art fairs, and featured in publications such as Esquire. She has collaborated with institutions and brands including RTVE and Penguin Random House, and her works are held in private collections worldwide
Translated by Google TranslatePrint and Authenticity
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper with a high-gloss finish.
It is delivered signed and numbered, with a certificate of authenticity.
Edition
Limited edition 1/30. Size: 21 × 28 cm.
Shipping
The artwork is shipped in a rigid envelope according to destination.
The package includes cotton gloves for handling the artwork and a signed postcard.
ABOUT THE WORK — Flowers
Flowers is a self-portrait that exalts beauty as a visual and symbolic construction. The figure is crowned with roses in full bloom and dressed in a mantle of butterflies: an intense, meticulously composed image where every element reinforces an aesthetic full of intention.
The composition evokes the imagery of modernism: ornamental exuberance, idealized nature, and a female presence that inhabits both the decorative and the enigmatic at once. The butterflies — symbols of metamorphosis and transience — dialogue with the steady serenity of the flowers, creating a tension between the ephemeral and the enduring.
The restrained expression, the chromatic richness, and the opulence of textures build an almost totemic figure, suspended between the real and the symbolic. Here, beauty is not merely a visual attribute: it is a conscious, powerful, and deliberately stylized statement.
Flowers celebrates the sublime through the artificial and proposes a vision where nature reinvents itself as ornament and language.
Seller's Story
Lídia Vives is a visual artist and fine art photographer in Barcelona. Her work draws from pictorial tradition, symbolic storytelling and contemporary fashion aesthetics, creating carefully constructed images that go beyond surface beauty to reveal hidden layers of meaning.
She is known for embedding subtle narrative details and recurring symbolic elements within her photographs, inviting viewers to slow down and engage with the image beyond its first reading. These visual cues have become a distinctive part of her artistic language.
Influenced by Renaissance and Baroque painting, Vives balances the timeless and the surreal, often working with staged environments, custom-made props and self-portraiture. Her practice combines meticulous art direction with a strong sense of atmosphere and visual cohesion.
Alongside her personal artistic work, she collaborates with brands, media and institutions on editorial, cultural and commercial projects, always maintaining a concept-driven approach and a consistent visual identity.
Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and international art fairs, and featured in publications such as Esquire. She has collaborated with institutions and brands including RTVE and Penguin Random House, and her works are held in private collections worldwide
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Date of print
2026
Artist
Lídia Vives
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Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
Flowers
Condition
Original State
Technique
Digital print
Height
28 cm
Edition
1/30
Width
21 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Portrait
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