Sunflower Inspiration

Sunflowers are a frequent subject of art and a source of inspiration for artists. Beginners and masters, painters and graphic artists depict sunflowers on their pictures.

Sunflowers in Symbolism 
Sunflowers' heads follow the sun and looks like the sun due to its colors and shape. People usually associate sunflowers with warmth and adoration. In heraldry sunflowers symbolize sunshine, prosperity and peace. Psychologists noticed that watching them help people to cope with stress and depression.

Famous Sunflowers
The two most famous artists who depicted sunflowers probably were Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh.
Oscar-Claude Monet, a famous French artist, painted his sunflowers by oil on canvas in 1881. At present, the picture is located in New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Oscar-Claude Monet. Bouquet of Sunflowers. 1881.

Metropolian Museum of Art, New York.

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch post-Impressionist, left for us several sunflower still lifes.

Vincent Van Gogh. Four Cut Sunflowers. Oil on Canvas. 1887.

Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo.

Vincent Van Gogh. Vase with Twelve Sunflowers. Oil on Canvas. August, 1888.

Neue Pinakothek, Munich.

Vincent Van Gogh. Vase with Twelve Sunflowers. Oil on Canvas. August, 1888.

Located in London National Gallery.

Vincent Van Gogh. Sunflowers. Oil on Canvas.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

See also:

Michel Design Works Book Box Notecards, Sunflowers

Sunflower definitive stamps Book of 20 x 42 cent us U.S. Postage Stamps

Sunflower House (Books for Young Readers)

The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition)

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