Van Gogh Sunflowers

While he may be well known for Starry Night and Wheatfields, the Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh wanted to be known as the 'painter of sunflowers'. Vincent knew that his sunflower paintings were special and enjoyed how the flower was somewhat coarse and unrefined. He also used his Sunflowers as color experiments, as they were his first time incorporating bright colors into his previously monotone paintings. By the end of his career as a painter in Arles, France, sunflowers became synonymous with Vincent, just as he had hoped.