The Painter of Sunflowers

                                                      Painter of Sunflower-Paul Gauguin


  The Painter of Sunflowers  was painted in 1888 by Paul Gauguin. It is of Vincent Van Gogh, the artist of Sunflowers. Van Gogh created many different versions of Sunflowers to decorate around the house he moved into and Gauguin joined him after for a sort period of time. This is important to the text because you can see how Vincent paints and how his surroundings influence his paintings. This is also important because you can tell the relationship between Gauguin and Van Gogh. Although the two of them encountered many conflicts, they could not stay away from each other. They enjoyed the company of one another. 
  There is no traditional subject in this painting. There is nothing in the medium but Vincent's arm and it is clear that that isn't the purpose of the painting. The subjects of the painting are all pushed to the corner of the painting. You can see Vincent from the waist up and it shows the way he paints. He has the brush in his right hand and the canvas in his left hand. This painting has a style of Post-Impressionism. Gauguin uses short but rough brushstrokes. His use of colors on the oil canvas is bright to show how colorful Van Gogh's Sunflowers are.