O n May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital, he began a painting of some ...

The inclination that Van Gogh’s irises were once violet stems from words of the artist himself. In a May 9 letter to his brother, Theo, Vincent describes the “reality” of life surrounded by ...

In a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh dated May 9, the artist wrote that he had begun painting the “violet irises” that grow on the parklike hospital grounds. Violet. It’s a small but ...

Vincent van Gogh's “Irises” (1889) was painted during his stay in a psychiatric clinic after he suffered a mental breakdown. (all images courtesy Getty, unless otherwise noted) Success!

The Bronx garden transforms into a walkable Van Gogh masterpiece, complete with towering sunflowers This summer, the New York ...

A fragment of pine pollen found within Van Gogh’s Irises has helped locate the place where the flowers flourished, at the back of the walled garden in the asylum where the artist stayed for a year.

But sometimes, there are more to the colors Van Gogh used than meets the eye, as evidenced by his Irises. Irises is, without doubt, one of Van Gogh's most iconic paintings. It was painted in 1889 ...

In 1889, Vincent van Gogh committed himself to a psychiatric asylum in Southern France, where he spent a turbulent year creating roughly 150 paintings, including masterpieces such as “Irises ...

The Dutch painter began Irises in 1889 on his first full day at a psychiatric hospital. Getty Museum On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital ...

But sometimes, there are more to the colours Van Gogh used than meets the eye, as evidenced by his “Irises.” “Irises” is, without doubt, one of Van Gogh’s most iconic paintings.