Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase
1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65.1 x 54 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Accession Number
1993.400.4
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About this artwork
This vibrant still life presents a profusion of flowers arranged in a simple vase, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1890 during the final months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise. The composition bursts with colorful blooms rendered in Van Gogh's distinctive style, featuring bold brushstrokes and intense chromatic relationships. The palette emphasizes characteristic blues and ochers, applied with the graphic, brick-shaped hatchings that link this work firmly to the landscapes Van Gogh created immedia...
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...