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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.

1886 - 1888 · 4 artworks

Van Gogh Sunflower Paintings

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Common Questions

How many Sunflowers paintings did Van Gogh make?

Van Gogh made more than one sunflower picture: the subject includes Paris still lifes and several Arles canvases with flowers in a vase.

What do Van Gogh's Sunflowers mean?

They can be read through colour, hospitality, artistic friendship and the different stages of a flower's life.

Why are Van Gogh's Sunflowers so yellow?

The Arles paintings deliberately test a concentrated range of yellows, using small shifts in temperature, outline and paint thickness.

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