Very beautiful blooming iris, isolated on black background close up Abbaye de Fontfroide, France. The Abbaye de Fontfroide, a former Cistercian monastery and abbey in Southern France, with a foregound of Iris germanica bearded Iris. Blooming iris Iris sibirica in the Pacific North-West garden, with shallow depth of field and blurred background Iris In November, John E. Buchanan, Jr., executive director of the Portland (OR) Art Museum, invited Robert Gamblin to give a public lecture on WHY classical paintings look different from Impressionist paintings. This is the text of his lecture plus illustrations that highlight a wonderful group of French Baroque paintings on exhibit The Les Tr