Vincent van Gogh - Chrysanthemums and Wild Flowers in a Vase 1887

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Chrysanthemums and Wild Flowers in a Vase 1887

Chrysanthemums and Wild Flowers in a Vase 1887
65x54cm oil/canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:
This still life is not mentioned in Van Gogh’s letters and has puzzled scholars as to its place in his artistic production. The subject enjoys a certain rapport with the mixed bouquets of summer flowers he made in Paris; the quasi-abstract floral wallpaper design in the Berceuse of Arles , and the white porcelain vase in the Irises of Saint-Rémy . However, the palette and style of this painting, especially its distinctive blues and ochers and graphic, brick-shape hatchings, link it firmly with the landscapes made just prior to his death in Auvers on July 29, 1890.