Vincent Van Gogh's artistic career was like a firework: brief but brilliant. In a mere nine years he produced some 800 paintings & 700 drawings. The subject matter ranged from landscapes & interiors to portraits, still-life & flower studies. Of the latter, his most famous was the Sunflowers. & this
- painted in 1888 towards the end of his life
- was the inspiration for our sunflowers collection. Comprising twelve elegant stems, it captures all the bold, glowing, primary colour that so entranced Van Gogh. Today he is acknowledged as one of the pioneers of expressionism & a major influence in twentieth & twenty-first century art. But in his lifetime Van Gogh's genius went unrecognised. In a letter to his brother Theo he wrote, 'I cannot help it that my paintings do not sell. The time will come when people see they are worth more than the price of the paint.' He was right. The last time a Van Gogh came up for auction it sold for several millions. Happily, expressing yourself with our Bloom Van Gogh Sunflower Collection is a little more affordable.