Vincent van Gogh - 100% hand painted reproduction of famous painting

Hand painted reproduction of famous painting.

Sunflowers are the motif of two Van Gogh still life series. An early series was created in 1887 in Paris and shows flowers lying on the ground; the second series was created a year later in Arles and shows bouquets of sunflowers in a vase. Both series were painted by Van Gogh because he wanted to impress his painter friend Paul Gauguin, who also bought two still lifes from the Paris series. About eight months later, Van Gogh greeted Gauguin in Arles with paintings of sunflowers in a vase, which he hung in the guest room at The Yellow House, dedicated to Gauguin. Critics describe Van Gogh’s sunflower series as an “ode to Provence” and “the best still lifes in the history of art.”

He painted a total of twelve paintings on canvas, although the seven that he painted in Arles in 1888-1889 are most often mentioned. He painted the other five earlier in Paris.

There are many variations in the Sunflowers series – each clearly recognizable as a Van Gogh work. There are slight differences between them. The overall layout with the positioning of the sunflowers usually remains the same in all images.

Sunflowers – Suflowers have become his artistic alter ego until today. No retrospective Van Gogh exhibition since 1901 has failed to include them. The record prices paid at auctions confirm their public success. Perhaps that is why Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are more than him or himself – perhaps even considered a flower, as Gauguin said.

Interesting facts about Sunflowers:
Van Gogh never painted a single painting entitled “Sunflowers”. He produced several depictions of large yellow flowers in two separate series of sunflowers. One during his stay with his brother in Paris in 1887 and the other in Arles, where he lived between 1888 and 1889.
Paris differs from Arleška in that in Paris the flowers are laid casually on the surface in bunches of two or four, while in the Arleška version they are in larger numbers in a vase.
When they met in Paris in 1887, Van Gogh and Gaugin exchanged paintings. Vincent donated the painting “Sunflowers” from Paris.
“Sunflowers” connect the severed ear. In Arles, Vincent rented an apartment in the so-called Yellow House and furnished a room for Gauguin. He planned to decorate the room with pictures of sunflowers.
During a visit to the Yellow House, Gauguin painted van Gogh painting Sunflowers. The title of the painting is “Painter of sunflowers”.
In 1890, a Belgian painter in Brussels was angry that his paintings were exhibited at the same exhibition as “Sunflowers”. van Gogh’s friend Henri Toulouse-Lautrec challenged the Belgian to a duel with death, which did not happen.
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once asked to see Van Gogh’s chrysanthemums. No one thought to fix it.
The bright yellow oil colors in Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” were developed at the beginning of the 19th century. He was among the first painters who started using them.
Van Gogh is not the only one who often used the motif of sunflowers. William Blake, Claude Monet and Allen Ginsberg are some other famous painters who used the motif of sunflowers.