Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers
Paul Gauguin · 1888
The story
Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers also known as The Painter of Sunflowers is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Paul Gauguin. Van Gogh is depicted sitting before an easel, presumably painting his "Sunflower" series. The work, which is a piece from Gauguin's "Arles Period", was created in Arles, France, in December, 1888. The painting is in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
- Artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Date
- 1888
- Collection
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Movement
- Post-impressionism
- Medium
- oil paint, hessian
- Size
- 73 × 91 cm
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