Still life: fifteen sunflowers (hereinafter referred to as "sunflowers")
English name stilllife: container with the fifth flower
The famous French vase avec quatorze tournesols
The Dutch name Veertien zonnebloemen in een vaas.
Creation place: arles.
Creation time1August 888.
Canvas oil painting
Size 93.0x73.0cm cm
Existing National Gallery of London, National Gallery.
JH F 454, zip code 1562
history
1888 In February, 35-year-old Van Gogh came to arles from Paris, a small town in the south of France, looking for his sunshine, his wheat fields and his sunflowers. ...
Van Gogh created a large number of works depicting sunflowers. This is the most famous one, and it is now in the National Gallery of London.
After Van Gogh came to arles, he was extremely excited, and his creation really reached a climax, even to the point of forgetting myself. He also fell in love with sunflower, an alternative plant that expresses the sun. Later, Van Gogh dreamed of establishing a "home of painters" (or "home of artists" or "home of friends") and a "base" for painters to create together in the south of France, but he responded. Van Gogh was very grateful for this. Van Gogh, who was passionate by nature, planned to paint a group of sunflowers (wrote dozens) to decorate the "yellow house" (Van Gogh's house in Arles is famous for being painted yellow), especially the house Gauguin will live in. After Gauguin arrived, he also praised these "sunflowers", and some wrote: "Gauguin once said in a praise tone:' Yes, this. "
1987, at the London auction, a Sunflower by Van Gogh (not this one) was bought by the Japanese for a sky-high price of 39.9 million dollars, which shocked the whole world!
There is a book that says, "It is no exaggeration to say that the skyrocketing painting price was caused by Van Gogh."
Later, Iris sold for $53 million.
The statue of Dr. Gascher sold for $82.5 million. This is the highest price of art auction! !
Sadly, Van Gogh only sold one oil painting before his death.
Van Gogh theory
"Sunflowers are mine."
"I want to paint half a dozen sunflowers to decorate my studio, and use pure or harmonious chrome yellow on various backgrounds and blue backgrounds ..."
Gauguin told me one day that he saw an oil painting of sunflower in Monet's house. The sunflower was put in a beautiful Japanese vase, but he still liked this one I drew.
"The older I get, the uglier I get, the worse I get ..."
comment
"His brushwork is solid and powerful, unrestrained and uninhibited, and he vividly depicts the brilliant luster and full outline of sunflowers."
-"Western Master Art Series-Van Gogh"
"Sunflower is Van Gogh's idol ... In his eyes, sunflower is not an ordinary flower, but the light of the sun, a symbol of light and heat, and a portrayal of his inner emotional fire ..."
-the world famous paintings and the Master.-Van Gogh
"Sunflowers have special significance for Van Gogh. Yellow symbolizes friendship and hope, and the painting itself symbolizes' thank you'. "
-Western Artists Gallery 2
visual angle
This is Van Gogh's most famous work, or a group of works. In the long history of painting art, Van Gogh's Sunflower seems to be the most representative work. It has even become a monument in the history of art, and it also shows us the spiritual world of a great artist. ...
Why is Sunflower so famous? Just like why Mona Lisa is famous. The magic of Mona Lisa lies in her smile, and I think the beauty of Sunflower lies in Van Gogh's description of the fullness and vitality of a symbolic plant (although they are in a bottle). By depicting sunflowers, the painter expressed his understanding of life to us, perhaps more. ...
Every time I look at this sunflower, I feel so beautiful, but I can't tell what attracted me (maybe I don't know how to express it). I think a famous painting can move people's hearts because the painter's feelings are integrated into it. Emotion is a wonderful thing, complicated and elusive at the same time, but we can vaguely feel something from it. If you copy such a painting, it can only be the same, and I am afraid it will never be like it.