Some of Van Gogh’s most famous sunflower paintings include "Sunflowers" (1888), "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" (1888), and "Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers" (1888). Each of these paintings features a number of sunflowers arranged in a vase or other container. Additionally, Van Gogh’s "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (1890) includes several sunflowers among other flowers in a garden setting.But, just how many sunflowers did Van Gogh paint? Let’s count together:
4 paintings with cut sunflowers, all in Paris in 1887:
Four Cut Sunflowers (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo)
Two Cut Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Two Cut Sunflowers (Kunstmuseum Bern)
Two Cut Sunflowers (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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7 paintings with sunflowers in a vase, in Arles:
Still Life: Vase with 5 Sunflowers, 1888 (Destroyed by fire in the Second World War)
Still Life: Vase with 15 Sunflowers, 1888 (National Gallery, London)
Still Life: Vase with 12 Sunflowers, 1888 (Neue Pinakothek, Munich)
Three Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888 (Private collection, USA)
Still Life: Vase with 15 Sunflowers, 1889 (Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo)
Still Life: Vase with 15 Sunflowers, 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Still Life: Vase with 12 Sunflowers, 1889 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
So Van Gogh painted 11 sunflower paintings with 10 + 77 = 87 sunflowers in total.
