Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 1888 by Vincent van Gogh

About the artwork Painted in Arles in August 1888, this canvas belongs to van Gogh's celebrated series of sunflower compositions produced to decorate the Yellow House studio he prepared for Paul Gauguin's visit. The composition depicts twelve sunflowers in varying stages of bloom, rendered in intense yellows and ochres against a flat yellow ground. The original is held at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. About the artist Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. He is universally renowned for his emotional honesty, bold use of color, and dynamic brushwork that defined modern art.