Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers

Vincent Van Gogh, who was born in Holland in 1853, used color as his best way of

expression in his artwork. Inspired by colorful Japanese art, he created many colorful paintings

and drawings in his short lifetime.

In Vincent Van Gogh's painting, Sunflowers, much emotion can be seen. All of the

colors match and seem to flow together. The bright yellow background helps the sunflowers and

vase stand out. This makes it easy to follow the shape and detail of the flowers. The leaves of

the flowers can be easily identified by their deep green color.

The light in this painting is neither overwhelming nor dim, but more neutral. A small

amount of shading can be seen on some of the taller flowers. One can see the shading in this

painting after closely focusing in on the detail of the flower petals and leaves.

Balance is easily seen in this painting. Radial balance can be seen in some of the

individual flowers. The painting as a whole has an asymmetrical feel. The weight of the

sunflowers on the left seem to balance out with the weight of the sunflowers on the right.

Repetition is imported into this painting quite a bit. There is repetition in each brush

stroke of a flower