Random pic 1 November 2024
Van Gogh Exhibition, National Gallery: Sunflowers, 1888; La Berceuse, 1889; Sunflowers, 1889. https://flic.kr/p/2qoEG7iVan Gogh realised the importance of the Sunflowers and painted additional versions of them in early 1889, such as the one with its blue background. Later, in May, he elaborated a daring new scheme for their display in a letter to his brother, Describing it as a 'triptych' (three-panelled work), he imagined two Sunflower pictures flanking La Berceuse which, if hung in a ship, might bring comfort to sailars travelling far from home.Sunflowers, 1888 (The National Gallery, LondonBought, Courtauld Fund, 1924); La Berceuse (The Lullaby). 1889 (Museum of fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of John Spaulding); Sunflowers, 1889 (Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Mr and Mrs Carroll S, Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963).
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