Van Gogh revisited (6)
This is the sixth in a series of Vincent van Gogh’s works that is featured as part of the works on display at the exhibition titled “Van Gogh in Paris: a Dialogue with Modernism” at Seoul Arts Center. ― ED.
Vincent van Gogh began experimenting with color in his still life flower series. By the summer of 1885, the artist created some 40 paintings with a traditional approach, meaning that the flowers were in a vase and placed in the center of the canvas. His 1886 painting “Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums,” done with oil on painter’s board (a cheaper material than canvas), from the Gemeente Museum collection, is one of them.
Flowers became the subject of many of the artist’s works during this period. But after painting over 10 species in mid-September, he sought out other subjects including fruit, shoes, fish and budding flower bulbs.