Irises, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas · 74.3 x 94.3 cm

Densely packed asylum-garden blooms, one deliberately paler than the rest.

Painted in 1890, van Gogh's irises writhe and lean in vivid blue-violet against earth and gold. No two blooms are alike; the twisting leaves and cropped, off-centre composition owe a debt to the Japanese prints he loved. Fresh, rhythmic and endlessly decorative.

J. Paul Getty Museum

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