Image: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Two sunflower paintings are shown together to reveal Vincent van Gogh’s artistic practice at the time. The display brings together one painting completed in August 1888, on loan from the National Gallery, London, and another completed in January 1889, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art work is identified as ‘Sunflowers, 1889,’ by Vincent Willem van Gogh, while the National Gallery work is identified as ‘Sunflowers, 1888,’ by Vincent van Gogh. The Philadelphia painting is associated with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while the 1888 painting is associated with the National Gallery.
The display considers how van Gogh used color and brushwork to create expressive effects.
The display is on view through October 11 in the Main Building’s Colket Gallery 251. The location is specified as the Main Building, Colket Gallery 251, and the viewing period extends through October 11.
