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Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” is an oil painting created in 1888 during his time in Arles. This still-life depicts a vase of sunflowers and is notable for its vibrant colors and expressive brushstrokes characteristic of post-impressionist art. The National Gallery possesses one of the most recognized vers...

Sunflowers commonly refers to two groups of still-life paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in Paris and Arles during the late 1880s. The better-known Arles series shows cut sunflowers at different stages of growth and decay arranged in simple vases, using a restricted range of yellows made possible b...

Wheat Field with Crows is an oil-on-canvas landscape painted by Vincent van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in July 1890. It shows a dark sky, a field of yellow wheat, branching paths, and a flock of black birds, using vigorous strokes and strong color contrasts. Although often described as his final painti...

Café Terrace at Night is an oil painting made by Vincent van Gogh in Arles in September 1888. It depicts the illuminated terrace of a café on the Place du Forum beneath a deep blue, star-filled sky, contrasting yellow artificial light with blue and violet nighttime tones. Van Gogh painted the scene...

Bedroom in Arles is the title given to three closely related oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh showing his bedroom in the Yellow House in Arles, France. He painted the first version in 1888 and later produced two repetitions, varying details such as the pictures on the wall. The tilted perspective,...

Starry Night Over the Rhône is an oil painting made by Vincent van Gogh in Arles in September 1888, several months before the better-known The Starry Night. It depicts the Rhône beneath a dark blue sky, with gaslights and stars reflected across the water and a couple standing in the foreground. Van...

Starry Night Over the Rhone is an 1888 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, made while he was living in Arles in southern France. It depicts the Rhone at night, with stars and gaslights reflected as long bands of color across the water while two figures stand in the foreground. The work combines direct...

Irises is an oil painting made by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 soon after he entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. It presents a dense bed of purple-blue irises cropped at the edges, with a single pale flower standing apart amid green leaves and orange soil. Van Gogh drew o...

Almond Blossom is an oil painting created by Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in February 1890. It depicts flowering almond branches against a clear blue sky and reflects Van Gogh's interest in the bold outlines and cropped compositions of Japanese prints. He made it to celebrate the birth...

Portrait of Dr. Gachet is the title of two closely related portraits painted by Vincent van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise in June 1890. Both show physician Paul Gachet leaning on one hand beside a sprig of foxglove, with a contemplative expression and a flowing, vividly colored background. One version sol...

The Potato Eaters is an 1885 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh portraying five rural laborers sharing a meal of potatoes in a dimly lit interior at Nuenen in the Netherlands. Van Gogh used coarse features, earthy colors, and the light of a single lamp to emphasize the sitters' manual labor and modest...

Loving Vincent is a 2017 animated biographical drama directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman. Its story follows Armand Roulin as he investigates the circumstances surrounding Vincent van Gogh's death, drawing characters and settings from the painter's life and works. The production is distingui...