Your art history post for today: by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Irises, 1890, oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 inches (73.7 x 92.1 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Your art history post for today: by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Irises, 1890, oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 inches (73.7 x 92.1 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. #arthistory #vangogh #painting #oilpainting

From the museum: ‘In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats. In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background,” which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments.’