Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers
“You know that Jeannin has the peony, Quost has the hollyhock, but the Sunflower is mine, in a way.
These are the words Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in a letter dated 22 January, 1889.
It is a quote that comes towards the end of rather a rambling letter, where Vincent’s choice of topic ranges from the guilt he feels over his own “illness” o…
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