 Sunflowers,
1888
He
displayed Sunflowers in ten versions. In 1987, one version was sold for close to ?25
million.
Van Gogh prepared for
Gauguin’s visit to Arles by painting a series of canvases of sunflowers to decorate
the Yellow House. Van Gogh demonstrated a further aspect of his current studies of
colour. They are painted mainly in variations on a single colour: yellow.
Vincent had to rise with the sun and paint these plants rapidly in early morning before
they faded. The intoxication of the yellow sunlight colours the entire canvas.
His brush, with its usual directness, seeks out the varied textures and tones of petals,
disks, leaves, and stems against the common luminous ground. |
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