Vincent Van Gogh, Vase with fifteen sunflowers, 1889

Vincent Van Gogh, Vase with fifteen sunflowers, 1889"Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" is a series of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, completed in 1889. The paintings depict a vase filled with sunflowers in various stages of bloom, against a bright yellow background. Van Gogh painted the sunflowers in Arles, in the south of France, where he had moved in search of a brighter, more colorful environment. He was also hoping to start an artist community there, and the sunflower series was intended to decorate

which dominates the print and is reminiscent of Calder's own use of circular forms in his sculpture

and this is evident in this work

realistic detail

thin beak and a tall comb on its head

" the black line serves as a visual anchor

which revolutionized modern art in the early 20th century

He was part of the Vienna Secession movement

The painting depicts a man sitting at a table in a café

with its various planes and angles intersecting in unexpected ways

that overlap and intersect in a dynamic and energetic composition

The painting features a bullfighter known as a banderillero

The painting is part of Kandinsky's series of works that he referred to as "Compositions