The Painter of Sunflowers (in French: Le Peintre de Tournesols) is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh executed by Paul Gauguin in December 1888 in Arles.
In this portrait, Gauguin depicts his friend painting sunflowers. It is impossible, however, that he actually saw Van Gogh at work on this particular project, since when Gauguin painted this portrait (December) no sunflowers were in bloom. But this was not a problem for Gauguin. Unlike Van Gogh, who...
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The Painter of Sunflowers (in French: Le Peintre de Tournesols) is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh executed by Paul Gauguin in December 1888 in Arles.
In this portrait, Gauguin depicts his friend painting sunflowers. It is impossible, however, that he actually saw Van Gogh at work on this particular project, since when Gauguin painted this portrait (December) no sunflowers were in bloom. But this was not a problem for Gauguin. Unlike Van Gogh, who nearly always based his work on direct observation, Gauguin relied more on memory and imagination in the creation of his canvases.
This portrait of Van Gogh was made in november of 1888, when Gauguin visited in Arles. Van Gogh had asked him to come to Arles, because he wanted to start a art-colony there. Gauguin however only stayed for two months, because the painters got in a conflict.
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