Processing
Oil Pictography on canvas ‘Retouch’ category. Canvas prepared with chalk primer and natural glue. Retouching with Maimeri, Winsor and Newton colours. Processing with magnifying glass. The photo frame may vary depending on availability at the time. Preparation with chalk and 3-layer natural glue. Picture size: 64x51 cm. Framed size: 78x65 cm.
History
This is one of the best-known still life paintings of floral subjects painted by Vincent van Gogh and represents one of the few still lifes painted by Van Gogh during his stay at the Saint-Rémy asylum.Van Gogh painted still lifes throughout his decades-long career as an artist, from his early work in Etten to the last works executed shortly before his death in 1890. Interestingly, the period when Van Gogh painted very few still lifes was in Saint-Rémy. This may be because the landscape around Saint-Rémy was so inviting: the groves of olive trees and slender cypresses were much more appealing to Van Gogh, who loved to paint outdoors. Moreover, perhaps Vincent was foreshadowing his imminent move from the asylum, his home for more than a year, to Auvers-sur-Oise in the North.
Vincent Van Gogh, Vase with Irises (RETOUCH)