Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers

This spring, visitors to the Chrysler Museum of Art will experience a dazzling mural by one of the 20th century’s most innovative artists with Edward Steichen: In Exaltation of Flowers, on view Feb. 23–May 30, 2021. Though he is best known today as one of the leading photographers of that era, Steichen began his artistic career as a painter. Created just before World War I, In Exaltation of Flowers was his most ambitious achievement in that medium. The seven panels of the mural, which come to the Chrysler on loan from Art Bridges, measure 10 feet high and nearly 40 feet wide.