Van Gogh Themes

Explore recurring subjects in Van Gogh's work, including night skies, sunflowers, cypresses, self-portraits and wheat fields.

6 entries

  1. Van Gogh Night Sky Paintings 1888 - 1890 · 4 artworks Van Gogh Night Sky Paintings The night sky theme connects the Rhône, café scenes and Saint-Remy: starlight is not decoration, but an experiment in light, distance and intensity.
  2. Van Gogh Sunflower Paintings 1886 - 1888 · 4 artworks Van Gogh Sunflower Paintings The sunflower paintings are not a single famous image, but a decorative language Van Gogh invented in Arles for the Studio of the South.
  3. Van Gogh Cypress Paintings 1889 - 1890 · 3 artworks Van Gogh Cypress Paintings In Saint-Remy, cypress trees become vertical flames that compress tree, night sky, mortality and motion into one form.
  4. Van Gogh Self-Portraits 1887 - 1888 · 15 artworks Van Gogh Self-Portraits The self-portraits are a continuous experiment in face, colour, illness, vocation and ways of seeing.
  5. Van Gogh Wheat Field Paintings 1888 - 1890 · 29 artworks Van Gogh Wheat Field Paintings The wheat fields run through sowing, labour, Auvers and the final rain, concentrating time, life-cycle and farewell.
  6. Van Gogh Irises 1889 - 1890 · 3 artworks Van Gogh Irises The irises connect the Saint-Remy flowers, asylum garden and Van Gogh’s intensified colour.