Sunflowers
1888 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London
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About this work
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
- Year
- 1888
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 92.1 × 73 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery, London (the fourth version, fifteen sunflowers on a yellow ground)
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
- Series
- Sunflowers (Arles series)
Fifteen sunflowers in an earthenware vase, some fresh, some gone to seed, painted almost entirely in shades of yellow against a yellow wall. Van Gogh made this canvas in Arles in August 1888 as one of a group of sunflower pictures intended to decorate the room where Paul Gauguin would stay that autumn. He worked fast, before the cut flowers wilted, and used the new chrome yellows to push the colour as far as it would go; a thin blue line marks the table edge. The vase carries his signature, Vincent. This version, with the yellow background, was kept by the artist's family and bought by the National Gallery in London in 1924. Van Gogh painted a repetition of it in January 1889, now in Amsterdam.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Yellow on yellow warms any room that gets little sun: a kitchen, breakfast nook or north-facing living room. It holds its own at 24×36 in natural wood on a white or soft grey wall, and pairs with Irises for a two-colour run.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1888)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, kitchen, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
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.
The full-bleed edition
The painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions, filling the whole sheet — and available on gallery-wrapped canvas.
