Sunflower is a series of still life oil paintings by Van Gogh, a Dutch painter. Three of them painted fifteen sunflowers, and the other two painted twelve sunflowers. 1888 In August, the painter painted the first 15 sunflower (hidden in the British National Gallery in London, England) and the first 12 sunflower (hidden in the New Art Museum in Munich, Germany) in arles, southern France, and the rest works were painted in the following year10,65438+. All the works are painted on a 93 × 72 cm (37 inches× 28 inches) canvas. 1887 also painted a set of four sunflower still life paintings in Paris.

The painter began to work in the late summer of 1888 and continued to work the next year. One of them was decorated in his bedroom by his friend paul gauguin. This series presents images of sunflowers from blooming to withering. In terms of color-to some extent, it should be attributed to the new colors made possible by the newly listed pigments-the expressive force of the yellow series has made a breakthrough. In a letter to his younger brother Fio, he said, "It can be said that the sunflower belongs to me." .

1987 In March, Yasuo Goto, then the representative of An Tian Fire and Marine Insurance Company, won 15 sunflowers in the vase at the auction held by Christie's in London at the price equivalent to $3,9921.750, which set a record for the price of Van Gogh's works and made the sunflower series known to people who were not interested in art. This work is currently in Tokyo, Japan, Japan's Dongxiang Seiji Art Museum (Damage Insurance Art Museum, located on the top floor of the headquarters building of Damage Insurance Japan). After the transaction, its authenticity was once controversial-some people thought it was an imitation of Emile Schuffenecker.