This piece has a very interesting feel to it that makes the sunflowers feel distressed and unhappy. Its hard to give emotion to a object in nature but I imagine the flowers would be feeling sluggish and upset. Yellow is typical associated with happy times, but this shade of yellow is muted without excited. Van Gogh was a very troubled man so it's no surprise that even sunflowers look dull in his eyes.
I agree that though the color yellow is usually a bright sunny color this does not have that feeling. I think that is an interesting juxtaposition.
ReplyDeleteI find this piece rather haunting, because most of the sunflowers are dying. The dying flowers mirror the fact that Van Gogh himself is deteriorating mentally and emotionally. That's spooky.
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