Irises,
1889
| In his
last weeks at St. Remy before he moved north again, Van Gogh painted a series of still
lifes. This close-packed picture is tamed and ordered for the eye without loss of
freedom. Large regions of colour approaching symmetry. Each region has its own
characteristic shapes and spotting. The irises are carefully studied for their
shapes and individualized, with the same sincerity and precision as van Gogh’s
portaits. He discovers an endless variety of curved silhouettes, a new source of
movement, in what might easily have become a static ornamental repetition of the same
motif. |
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