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Sunflowers

Vincent van GoghJanuary 1889 - 1889

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Países Bajos

Van Gogh’s paintings of Sunflowers are among his most famous. He did them in Arles, in the south of France, in 1888 and 1889. Vincent painted a total of five large canvases with sunflowers in a vase, with three shades of yellow ‘and nothing else’. In this way, he demonstrated that it was possible to create an image with numerous variations of a single colour, without any loss of eloquence. The sunflower paintings had a special significance for Van Gogh: they communicated ‘gratitude’, he wrote. He hung the first two in the room of his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin, who came to live with him for a while in the Yellow House. Gauguin was impressed by the sunflowers, which he thought were ‘completely Vincent’. Van Gogh had already painted a new version during his friend’s stay and Gauguin later asked for one as a gift, which Vincent was reluctant to give him. He later produced two loose copies, however, one of which is now in the Van Gogh Museum.

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  • Título: Sunflowers
  • Creador: Vincent van Gogh
  • Vida del creador: 30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890
  • Nacionalidad del creador: Dutch
  • Lugar de nacimiento del creador: Zundert
  • Lugar de fallecimiento del creador: Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Género del creador: Male
  • Fecha de creación: January 1889 - 1889
  • Ubicación de creación: Arles, France
  • Dimensiones físicas: w73 cm x h95 cm
  • Place Part Of: France
  • Tipo: Still life
  • Vínculo externo: Sunflowers
  • Derechos: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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