Vase with Lilacs Daisies and Anemones

Vincent van Gogh

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Work Overview

Vase with Lilacs, Daisies and Anemones
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1887; Paris, France *
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: flower painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland


Vase with Daisies and Anemones (F323), also known as Flowers in a Blue Vase, was painted late in Van Gogh's stay in Paris. The vase holds a lively selection of daisies and anemones made with a range of colors. Dark red-brown is enlivened by shades of yellow, pink and white. He particularly works with the various shades of yellow, likely having selected colors for the combinations of color and shades that he wanted to portray. The vase is painted in a contrasting shade of blue. Techniques of Impressionism and Divisionism are reflected in his brushstrokes of the background, having used broken strokes and dots of color.