Van Gogh Sunflowers 1888 (The National Gallery CROWN COPYRIGHT)
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VAN GOGH, Vincent
(1853-1890)
SUNFLOWERS 3863
(Print of) Oil on Canvas 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 ins.
Published by order of the Trustees
Publications Department
The National Gallery
Crown Copyright Reserved
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY FINE ART ENGRAVERS LTD., GODALMING, SURREY.
This is one of four paintings of sunflowers dating from August and September 1888. Van Gogh intended to decorate Gauguin's room with these paintings in the so-called Yellow House that he rented in Arles in the South of France. He and Gauguin worked there together between October and December 1888.
The dying flowers are built up with thick brushstrokes (impasto). The impasto evokes the texture of the seed-heads. Van Gogh produced a replica of this painting in January 1889, and perhaps another one later in the year. The various versions and replicas remain much debated among Van Gogh scholars.
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