“Vase with Red Poppies” by Vincent van Gogh depicts one of the artist’s favorite subjects. Flowers were the subject of many of van Gogh’s paintings in Paris and one of his many interests and fascinations.
Van Gogh wrote to his brother:
“You will see that by making a habit of looking at Japanese pictures, you will come to love to make up bouquets and do things with flowers all the more.”
Van Gogh advised his sister, Wil, to cultivate her garden to find joy and meaning in life. His paintings of sunflowers in vases are among his most well-known flower paintings. After he left Paris, van Gogh painted his second group of Sunflowers in Arles.
Vincent van Gogh made this painting of red poppies in Paris in 1886, where his friends sent bouquets weekly for his still-life paintings.
Van Gogh also purchased bouquets choosing flowers in a variety of colors for his paintings. In a letter to his sister Wil he wrote:
“Last year, I painted almost nothing but flowers so I could get used to colors other than grey – pink, soft or bright green, light blue, violet, yellow, glorious red.”
This impression was not accurate because while in Paris, he painted about 230 paintings, of which only 30 were based on flowers. His impression, however, underlines his passion for painting flowers as a way to develop his appreciation and understanding of color.
In 1976, the authenticity of this artwork was called into question. However, after nearly 40 years of speculation, Dutch experts and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam have verified that “Vase With Poppies” is a genuine Van Gogh.
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art conservation lab has also used advanced x-ray and infrared reflectograms to inspect the painting.
The new technology revealed an earlier painting beneath the current composition, which appears to have been a self-portrait.
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime and was considered a madman and a failure.
He created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life.
They were characterized by bold colors and dramatic, impulsive, and expressive brushwork that contributed to modern art’s foundations.
Vincent Van Gogh’s Enduring Fascination
Vase with Red Poppies
- Title: Vase with Red Poppies
- Artist: Vincent van Gogh
- Year: Summer 1886, Paris
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions Height: 56 cm (22 in); Width: 46.5 cm (18.3 in)
- Museum: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Vincent van Gogh
- Name: Vincent Willem van Gogh
- Born: 1853 – Zundert, Netherlands
- Died: 1890 (aged 37) – Auvers-Sur-Oise, France
- Resting place: Cimetière d’Auvers-Sur-Oise, Auvers-Sur-Oise, France
- Nationality: Dutch
- Movement: Post-Impressionism
- Notable works:
- Starry Night
- Starry Night Over the Rhône
- Sunflowers
- Irises (Getty Museum)
- Self Portrait, dedicated to Paul Gauguin
- Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin
- White House at Night
- The Night Café
- Self-Portrait as a Painter
- Self Portrait with Felt Hat
- Green Wheat Field with Cypress
- The Raising of Lazarus
- Self-Portrait Mutilated Ear
- Café Terrace at Night
- Tarascon Stagecoach
- Wheatfield with Crows
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother
- Vase with Red Poppies
- Memory of the Garden at Etten
Vincent Van Gogh: The Humble Genius
Virtual Tour of Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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- “The Fan” by James Tissot
- “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill” by John Trumbull
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- “The Lady of Shalott” by William Holman Hunt
- “The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775” by John Trumbull
Who Was Vincent Van Gogh?
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“The best way to know God is to love many things.”
– Vincent van Gogh
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Photo Credit: 1) Vincent van Gogh [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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