On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital, he began a painting of some ...

The flowers in van Gogh’s “Irises” (1889), which was the most expensive painting sold at auction at the time when it fetched $53.9 million at Sotheby’s in 1987, were never supposed to be ...

On May 8, 1889, painter Vincent van Gogh checked himself into a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, during a major mental health crisis. The hospital director, Théophile ...

On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh checked himself into the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence following a period of intense emotional instability. ... Vincent van Gogh, Irises (1889).

The original colour of Van Gogh’s irises is also confirmed by a review by the critic Félix Fénéon in September 1889. Referring to Irises , he wrote about the “violet patches” of the ...

Irises is, without doubt, one of Van Gogh's most iconic paintings. It was painted in 1889, a year before the artist's death, while he was confined to an asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in ...

Find out more about how the pioneer of Post-Impressionism has inspired the subjects and techniques of Kiefer’s monumental ...

Per ARTNews, the Dutch artist remained in the psychiatrist hospital between May 1889 and May 1890 and there painted 150 canvases, including Irises (1889), The Starry Night (1889) and Almond ...

In 1889, Vincent van Gogh committed himself to a psychiatric asylum in Southern France, where he spent a turbulent year creating roughly 150 paintings, including masterpieces such as “Irises ...

The Dutch painter began Irises in 1889 on his first full day at a psychiatric hospital. Getty Museum. On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital ...