Van Gogh painted almost 230 paintings during his stay in Paris, more than in any comparable period of his life. This work is more diverse in character, the frank record of two years of continual experiment. A significant part of these pictures belonged to the genre of still-life with flowers. These paintings can be considered experimental aiming to lighten his palette and explored colours.

When van Gogh painted the series of flower still-lifes, he set himself the task much as he had with the series of peasants' portraits. He produced over forty of them; they are not exactly among his greatest masterpieces, but they certainly prove his determination to master colour.

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	Bowl with Peonies and Roses June 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 59 x 71 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Vase with Poppies, Cornflowers, Peonies and Chrysanthemums Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 99 x 79 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Vase with Carnations and Other Flowers Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 61 x 38 cm Private collection
	Vase with Zinnias and Other Flowers Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
	Vase with Red Poppies Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
	Cineraria in a Flowerpot July-August 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 54 x45 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
	Bowl with Zinnias and Geraniums Summer 1886, Paris Oil on casnvas, 61 x 46 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
	Fritillaries in a Copper Vase April-May 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris
	Still-Life Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 41 x 38 cm Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
	Vase with Cornflowers and Poppies Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 80 x 67 cm Private collection
	Vase with Daisies and Anemones Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 61 x 38 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Two Cut Sunflowers August-September 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm Kunstmuseum, Bern
	Two Cut Sunflowers August-September 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 43 x 61 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Four Cut Sunflowers August-September 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Plaster Statuette of a Female Torso Spring 1886, Paris Oil on cardboard, 35 x 27 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Still-Life with Mackerels, Lemons and Tomatoes Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 39 x 57 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur
	Still-Life with Apples, Meat and a Roll Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cn Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	A Pair of Shoes Second half of 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 38 x 45 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Three Pairs of Shoes December 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 49 x 72 cm Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
	Still-Life with Lemons on a Plate March-April 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 21 x 27 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Still-Life with Decanter and Lemons on a Plate Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 47 x 39 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Still-Life with French Novels and a Rose Autumn 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 73 x 93 cm Private collection
	Still-Life with Plater Statuette, a Rose and Two Novels December 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 55 x 47 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo