The Painter of Sunflowers
| The Painter of Sunflowers (Portrait of Vincent van Gogh) | |
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| Artist | Paul Gauguin |
| Year | 1888 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 73 cm × 91 cm (28.7 in × 35.8 in) |
| Location | Van Gogh Museum |
The Painter of Sunflowers (in French: Le Peintre de Tournesols) is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Paul Gauguin in December 1888.
The painting is exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Background[]
The portrait was painted when Gauguin visited Van Gogh in Arles, France. Vincent had pleaded with Gauguin to come to Arles to start an art-colony. Gauguin eventually agreed after funding for the transportation and expenses was provided by Vincent's brother Theo Van Gogh; however Gauguin only stayed for two months as the two often quarreled and the famous incident where Van Gogh severed his left ear with a razor occurred after an argument with Gauguin.[1]
Van Gogh's first impression on seeing the painting was that Gauguin had depicted him as a madman. He later softened his view. "My face has lit up after all a lot since, but it was indeed me, extremely tired and charged with electricity as I was then".[2]
See also[]
- Van Gogh's Sunflowers series
References[]
- ^ Impact, The Net. "Vincent van Gogh Gallery". Vincent van Gogh Gallery.
- ^ "Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers - Van Gogh Museum". www.vangoghmuseum.nl.
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