Vase with Twelve Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh

Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (1888–1889) by Vincent Van Gogh It is unclear when Van Gogh painted this version of Sunflowers although it is thought to have been done in 1888 or 1889. Vincent's fascination with these flowers was almost obsessive. Not only did he paint them under different lighting and arrangements, but he also created several works of each composition. For example, in this other version of Sunflowers, the same flowers are shown—in this case, 15 instead of 12—always arranged in an oval vase on a table, with almost imperceptible changes. The work is currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA. The poster is original from the 2000s and has no defects. Black Wooden framed * Title: Sunflowers * Size: 34 x 41 in. * Style: Expressionist art. * Vintage items are not new and are subject to appropriate age and natural wear and tear. ° The date and condition are approximate to the best of our knowledge and experience. Already in Paris, in the late summer of 1887, the artist painted some cut sunflowers, part of a series now divided between the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Kunstmuseum in Bern. Having settled in Arles in February 1888, van Gogh loved the place and his new "yellow house", but felt lonely, until in the spring he had the idea of inviting his friend Gauguin, perhaps with the prospect of establishing a community of artists in the town, of which he and his friend would be the mentors.[1] The Sunflowers in a Vase series, his most famous, was born during this period of vitality and optimism, during the summer while awaiting his friend's arrival. To decorate his guest's room and impress him, Van Gogh had planned to paint a dozen canvases, starting with four that were supposed to be the Vase with Twelve Sunflowers from the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers from the National Gallery in London, the Vase with Five Sunflowers, formerly in Yokohama, destroyed in a fire at the residence of Japanese millionaire Koyata Yamamoto on the southern coast of Ashiya on August 6, 1945, during the U.S. air raids of World War II.