"Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase," Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
Thought I'd post some art early today; going off to a concert tonight!
Y'all know Van Gogh. This painting is a bit of a mystery to art historians. He never mentioned it in his letters, and he talked about nearly everything he did in those letters. The bouquet of summer flowers is similar to work he did in Paris, while the vase is the same used in a painting of irises during his time in Saint-Remy, in southern France. But the style and brushstrokes point to this being painted in the weeks leading up to his death in 1890.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.









