Where Can I See Sunflowers By Van Gogh?

Vincent van Gogh, a renowned French painter, created flower still lifes in the late 1880s and 1890s. His most famous work, “Sunflowers”, was created in Arles, France, during August to September 1887. Van Gogh painted four large canvases with sunflowers, which symbolized happiness and his experimentation with color to capture mood and express identity. The Sunflowers display at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825 celebrates the National Gallery’s long friendship with the Van Gogh Museum, which has generously lent its Sunflowers to hang beside the Gallery’s version.

The exhibition features four other versions of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers on public display in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. The National Gallery in London houses one of the best-recognized works from the series, “Sunflowers Fourth Version”. Other works include an oil sketch for the painting in the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo and the Two Cut Sunflowers in Amsterdam.

Van Gogh’s paintings became synonymous with him, just as he had hoped. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Sompo Museum of Art in Sompo will interpret the paintings, delivering a sequence of interpretations by curators from museums in London, Amsterdam, Munich, Philadelphia, and Tokyo. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to compare and contrast two versions of Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” – one from The National Gallery, London, and one from the Van Gogh Museum.