Irises

Irises by Van Gogh

 

 

Irises are a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Irises were painted while Vincent Van Gogh was living at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890. There, in the last year before his death, he created almost 130 paintings. Within the first week, he began Irises, working from nature in the asylum's garden. The cropped composition, divided into broad areas of vivid color with monumental irises overflowing its borders, was probably influenced by the decorative patterning of Japanese woodblock prints.

 

There are no known drawings for this Irises painting; Van Gogh himself considered it a study. His brother Theo quickly recognized its quality and submitted Irises to the Salon des Indépendants in September 1889, writing Vincent of the exhibition: "It strikes the eye from afar. It is a beautiful study full of air and life."

 

Each one of Van Gogh's irises is unique. He carefully studied their movements and shapes to create a variety of curved silhouettes bounded by wavy, twisting, and curling lines. The painting's first owner, French art critic Octave Mirbeau, one of Van Gogh's earliest supporters, wrote: "How well he has understood the exquisite nature of flowers!"

 

Van Gogh Irises is on the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold, selling for 54 million dollars in 1987. Currently Irises is on display at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. He called the Van Gogh Irises "the lightning conductor for my illness", because he felt that he could keep himself from going insane by continuing to paint Irises. Take this reproduced Irises home and bring tranquil beauty to your soul and spirit.

 

 

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