Irises

This masterpiece is one of the nine chosen by us to celebrate the 9th birthday of DailyArt. Now you can buy it as a fine art print! Its quality is so amazing that you can track every brushstroke made by the artist. We are also using papers and water-based inks of the best quality. You won't find anything like this in museum shops! It is available in a limited edition of 100. You can check it here.  : ) We are also very curious what you think about our new venture!

In May 1889, after episodes of self-mutilation and hospitalization, Vincent van Gogh chose to enter an asylum in Saint-Rémy, France. There, in the last year before his death, he created almost 130 paintings. Within the first week, he began Irises, working from nature in the asylum's garden. The cropped composition, divided into broad areas of vivid color with monumental irises overflowing its borders, was probably influenced by the decorative patterning of Japanese woodblock prints.

Each one of Van Gogh's irises is unique. He carefully studied their movements and shapes to create a variety of curved silhouettes bounded by wavy, twisting, and curling lines. The painting's first owner, French art critic Octave Mirbeau, one of Van Gogh's earliest supporters, wrote: "How well he has understood the exquisite nature of flowers!"

P.S. Read more about Van Gogh's Irises here.