@Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

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Van Gogh Neue Pinakothek in Munic

 

 

 

Van Gogh Six Sunflowers, 1888, oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 98 x 69cm, destroyed credit: Mushakoji Saneatsu Memorial Museum
Van Gogh
Six Sunflowers, 1888, oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 98 x 69cm, destroyed
credit: Mushakoji Saneatsu Memorial Museum

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A repeat of painting No 3: Philadelphia Museum of Art

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National Gallery in London

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The first version: Van Gogh’s initial painting is in a private collection

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The third version is in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich

Final painting of version four: See it at Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo
Final painting of version four:  Sompo Museum of Art, Tokyo

Vincent Van Gogh painted seven versions of the “Sunflowers” in a vase. Five are in international museums , one belongs to an unknown millionaire and the seventh was destroyed in a bombing raid in Japan during WWII. Art historian M. Bailey stumbled upon a photo of the last painting while researching a book.

With the rediscovery of the photograph of the seventh picture, the full story of the Sunflowers series at last falls into place. According to historians Van Gogh ‘s model did not show up and in a frenzy he picked the sunflowers and put them in a found vase. He suffered from malnutrition, poverty and mental illness.

Assignment: Draw and paint the still life provided over three days. Using acrylic paint mix to find the colors you need to reproduce the still life as you see it.

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