The Seven Sunflowers

Sunflowers, August 1888 (signed), National Gallery, London Towards the end of the summer, Van Gogh painted the fourth Sunflowers. While the previous three works contrasted yellows and blues, in this version he painted 15 sunflowers on a yellow background. By the artist’s own admission the third and fourth versions were the most important of the series. Signing them ‘Vincent’, these two paintings were hung in the guest bedroom of his Van Gogh’s ‘yellow house’ in Arles for friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin. The ‘yellow on yellow’ version — which will be on display as part of the <a href="https://nga.gov.au/masterpieces/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London</a> exhibition — received great praise from Gauguin, who described it as “a perfect page of an essential ‘Vincent’ style”. <a href="https://medium.com/national-gallery-of-australia/the-seven-sunflowers-7784b0f364fe">Click Here</a>