Sonnenblumen

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“Sonnenblumen” (Sunflowers) by Vincent van Gogh, 1888
Neue Pinakothek
Barer Straße
Munich, March 2004

“Vase With Twelve Sunflowers was painted as decoration for the Yellow House, the apartment Van Gogh rented and hoped to turn into an artist studio. A place he could invite fellow artists and they could work side by side as they developed their craft. There are two versions of this enigmatic painting, still to this day considered one of the most remarkable still life paintings ever completed. Van Gogh made a second version, or a ‘repetition’ as he called it, as he was afraid he might lose the original, either through postal damage, or Paul Gauguin, the artist whom stayed with him and expressed so much admiration for it, may take it for himself. There are slight differences between the two versions, the other is part of the permanent collection at The Philadelphia Museum of Art.” (Vincent Van Gogh Paintings at Neue Pinakothek, Van Gogh Studio)