Vincent Van Gogh Iris Paintings

Van gogh started painting irises within a week of entering the asylum in may 1889 working from nature in the hospital garden.

Vincent van gogh iris paintings.

Irises was the first painting van gogh started after arriving at the asylum. The painting was among nearly 130 artworks van gogh completed during his stay in a mental institution at saint remy the year prior to his death. Irises is a tranquil painting produced at a time when the artist himself was far from that in his own mind. Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the dutch artist vincent van gogh and one of a series of paintings he made at the saint paul de mausole asylum in saint rémy de provence france in the last year before his death in 1890.

On august 22 1902 van gogh s mother anna van gogh carbentus wrote a letter in which she identified a painting of irises irissen belonging to her estate and stipulated it is my wish that the irises will become wil s property van gogh museum amsterdam inv. Sadly van gogh was housed at the asylum in paul de mausole in saint rémy de provence france at the time that he painted irises 1889. Upon receiving the canvas van gogh s brother theo submitted it along with the starry night to the salon des independants in september of 1889. The flowers were growing in a garden in the small outdoor area where the artist was allowed to stroll and sit.

It was just a year before his untimely death and shows a painter at the height of his development as it was around this time that so many of his best. Students review elements of art in van gogh s irises practice drawing and use elements of art to create crayon resist artwork. Irises is on the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold selling for 54 million dollars in 1987.