Van Gogh's most famous work is undoubtedly this "Sunflowers". He painted many still lifes with sunflowers as the theme, and he loved to use them to decorate his room in Arles. He once said: "I want to paint half a dozen "Sunflowers" to decorate my studio, so that the pure chrome yellow can be used on various backgrounds, on various degrees of blue, from the lightest The blues of Veronese to the highest blues sparkle; I will give these paintings the most exquisite frames painted orange, like the stained glass in a Gothic church.” Gao has indeed managed to make the colors of Al's August sunshine shine brightly on the picture. These colors of the blazing sunshine come from the deep spiritual emotions of piety.
When Van Gogh painted, he was filled with extremely fanatical impulses and pursued violent improvisation. This ever-famous painting "Sunflowers" was painted in the sunny and bright south of France. The sunflowers in Van Gogh's paintings are like flickering flames. They are so gorgeous, gorgeous, harmonious, elegant and even delicate at the same time. The dynamic and seemingly rotating brushstrokes are so thick, powerful and colorful. The contrast is also pure and strong. However, this roughness and simplicity are full of wisdom and aura. When viewers look at this painting, they are all touched by the exciting visual effects, their hearts are trembled, and their passions burst out. They are all eager to try, and are integrated into Van Gogh's rich subjective emotions. In short, the sunflowers described by Van Gogh are not just plants, but living creatures with primitive impulses and passions.
Vincent Van Gogh painted 11 "Sunflowers" during his lifetime, 10 of which were scattered around after his death, and only one is currently on display at the Van Gogh Museum. (This data is still open to question, because authentic products are constantly coming out, and many fakes have been proven)
"Sunflowers", which can be called the incarnation of Van Gogh, is only composed of brilliant yellow colors. Van Gogh believed that yellow represents the color of the sun, and sunlight symbolizes love, so it has special significance. He expresses himself through various flower poses in "Sunflowers", and sometimes even compares himself to a sunflower. Van Gogh talked about the "Sunflowers" series many times in his letters to his brother Theo, which stated that there were two compositions of twelve and fourteen sunflowers. He used 12 to represent the Twelve Apostles of Christ. He also set the number of members in the Southern Painting Studio (House of Friends) at 12 people. Including himself and his brother Theo, there were 14 people per day.
For Van Gogh, flowers like sunflowers were the best subject to express his thoughts. Summer is short, and the flowering period of sunflowers is not long. Van Gogh ended his short life like a sunflower. It is appropriate to call him a sunflower painter.