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Sunflowers (Van Gogh series)

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Sunflowers is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, painted in Paris in 1887, shows sunflowers lying on the ground, while the second, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. Van Gogh linked both sets in his mind to his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions, and he later included Sunflowers among the decorations he prepared for the guestroom of his Yellow House in Arles in anticipation of Gauguin's visit.

Facts
Year Created
1888 1
The entity covers the Arles vase series, painted a year after the 1887 Paris series, per Wikipedia. Medium and a single location are recorded as an open gap in this lane report: the series spans multiple canvases now held in several museums, so neither key fits one honest value without further per-canvas research.
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 2
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Created By

Painted by Vincent van Gogh, 1888-1889.

In Form

Painting, Art Forms

Still-life series by Vincent van Gogh, 1888-1889.

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms

In Movement

Van Gogh is a defining Post-Impressionist painter.

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Sources
1. Wikipedia
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2. Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) (Wikipedia)
  • infobox medium field: Oil on canvas
  • Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) article, sentence distinguishing the two series
    The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase.
  • Lead section
    Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
  • In Group: Still Life Paintings, Lead
    Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
  • In Group: Flower and Plant Studies, Lead
    Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
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