GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Vase with Daisies and Anemones

Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 61 x 38 cm
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

Catalogue numbers: F 323, JH 1295.

While van Gogh worked on self-portraits and figure studies to master the representation of human form, during his stay in Paris he painted a large series of flower still-lifes in order to investigate the possibilities of colour. The present canvas belongs to this series.




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