Vincent van gogh sunflowers 1888

Series of paintings by Vincent van Gogh

Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

The first series, executed in Paris in , 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. In the artist's mind, both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions.

About eight months later, van Gogh hoped to welcome and impress Gauguin again with Sunflowers, now part of the painted Décoration for the Yellow House that he prepared for the guestroom of his home in Arles, where Gauguin was supposed to stay.

The Paris Sunflowers

See also: Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)

Little is known of van Gogh's activities during the two years he lived with his brother, Theo, in Paris, – The fact that he had painted Sunfl