Sunflower

ID: #1720 | TOP 200 | Postimpressionism | Flowers

Date: 1887
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Dimensions: 43 x 61

"Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh is an oil painting that he created in a series between 1888 and 1889. One of the most famous and iconic works in the history of painting are his sunflowers.

This painting shows yellow sunflowers in various stages of bloom, placed in a vase. Van Gogh painted this series in his studio in Arles in the south of France. Sunflower paintings are known for their bold color palette, especially shades of yellow, orange and brown.

Van Gogh used energetic brush strokes and strong contrasts between colors, which is typical of his post-impressionist style. In this way, he tried to capture not only the visual form of flowers , but also their emotional and spiritual essence. The paintings of sunflowers are often considered to be a symbol of van Gogh's artistic genius and his feeling for the beauty of simple things.

Gogh painted picture Sunflower in 1887. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. Original size is 43 x 61. This art piece is located in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch painter belonging to Post-Impressionism. His paintings (some 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches) are among the most famous in the world and are sold for exorbitant sums (except for those in our shop). Parisian Impressionists He lived in Paris from 1886 and was influenced by the use of bright colours - most of his works were painted during this period. In his paintings, Gogh uses contrasting colours (often blue and orange - he said that I want to use colours other contrasts to each of them shone even more to contrast a man and a woman). He was known for his excesses and amputated an ear after the break-up of his friendship with Gauguin. There is a lot of speculation about this incident (he possibly suffered from heavy metal poisoning from paint that had caused mental problems). In 1890, unfortunately he committed suicide.