Metropolitan Museum of Arts Nova York Estados Unidos
OST - 73x92 - 1890
In May 1890,
just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh
painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any
ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of
roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats. In the Museum’s Irises he
sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a
“pink background,” which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red
pigments. Another work from this series, Roses (1993.400.5), hangs in
the adjacent gallery. Both were owned by the artist’s mother until her death in
1907.
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