Sunflowers were painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Introduction to "Sunflowers":
The author of the famous painting "Sunflowers" is the Dutch painter Vincent William Van Gogh. It was painted from August 1888 to January 1889. A series of oil paintings featuring sunflowers in bottles.
The work depicts 3, 5, 12 and 15 sunflowers placed in vases. They are collected in the Neues Museum of Art in Munich, Germany, the National Gallery in London, the United Kingdom, the Xingan Museum of Art in Tokyo, Japan, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States.
1. Destination:
Among Van Gogh’s 11 sunflower paintings, one with 6 sunflowers was destroyed in Japan during World War II. The remaining 10 paintings are collected by major museums around the world and are the most popular ones in the world. The most popular ones are two paintings with 12 sunflowers and three paintings with 14 sunflowers.
2. Faith
Because he was born in a pastor's family, he has a devout faith. The 12 sunflowers represent the 12 saints in Christianity, and the two extra ones represent himself and his constant encouragement. His younger brother Theo, who funded his painting, once mentioned in a letter to his younger brother that sunflowers are my flowers. This shows how enthusiastic he is about sunflowers.
Appreciation of "Sunflower":
"Sunflower" breaks the stereotypes. The strong contrasting colors and thick color blocks are perfectly combined, creating a new contrasting color system, which will have a great influence on the future. has a profound impact on the development of art.
1. Brushstrokes
In this work, you can no longer see the short and sharp brushstrokes in the self-portrait. Here, his brushstrokes are solid and powerful, bold and unbridled, and the sunflowers are The brilliant luster and full contours are vividly depicted.
2. Color
This painting uses yellow and orange as the main tones, and uses delicate strokes of green and blue to outline the petals and stems. The signature and the center of a flower are also used blue. The thick color spots on the seeds have an eye-catching effect, and the fine brushstrokes strive to express the fullness of the flower disk and the graceful texture of the flower.
However, this roughness and simplicity is full of wisdom and aura. When viewers look at this painting, they are all touched by the exciting visual effects, their hearts are trembled, and their passions burst out. They are all eager to try, and are integrated into Van Gogh's rich subjective emotions.
In short, the sunflowers described by Van Gogh are not just plants, but living creatures with primitive impulse and passion.