Roses (Art Van Gogh Full)
1890 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
- Year
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 71 × 90 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
A great mass of roses tumbles out of a green vase against a green ground, the ribbons of paint laid on in diagonal strokes that keep the whole surface moving. Van Gogh painted it in May 1890 in the last weeks before he left the asylum at Saint-Rémy for Auvers, when he felt he was coming to terms with his illness and, as he told Theo, worked as if in a frenzy on big bouquets of irises and roses. It is one of two rose pictures from those days and among his largest still lifes. The blooms were originally pink, giving a complementary contrast with the green that has faded as the red pigment lost its colour, so the painting now reads in soft whites and greens. Pamela Harriman gave it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in memory of W. Averell Harriman in 1991.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A mass of roses in soft whites and greens on a green ground, for a bedroom, bathroom or dining room at 24×18 or 32×24 in natural wood. White or sage keeps it quiet; pair it with Irises on a yellow background for two late bouquets.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1890)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, bathroom, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
