It’s an unusual case when a tease such as the Scarlet and Violet painting is properly identified, but erroneously interpreted, but it has led to a welcome surprise for fans. If true, the Greek ...

In a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh dated May 9, the artist wrote that he had begun painting the “violet irises” that grow on the parklike hospital grounds. Violet. It’s a small but ...

Why did a single flower magnetize me? What can a flower — or a painting of a flower — do when you are lost in a blizzard? I myself wasn’t sure. Initially, I thought it was just the simple ...