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GOGH, Vincent van: Two Cut Sunflowers

🖼 Two Cut Sunflowers, August-September 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas
50 × 61 cm
Bern, Switzerland

Van Gogh's fascination with sunflowers produced some of his most iconic and emotionally charged works, with these cut blooms capturing both the beauty and fragility of nature. The artist's bold, expressive brushwork and vibrant yellows transform simple flowers into symbols of vitality and impermanence—themes that deeply preoccupied him during his years in the south of France. This intimate study demonstrates his masterful ability to convey profound feeling through humble subjects, making it a quintessential example of Post-Impressionist sensibility.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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