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Symphony of Irises
![Iris_58.187](https://www.wendoverart.com/media/wysiwyg/the_met_spr24/Iris_58.187.jpg)
Our Inspiration:Irises
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in., 1890
Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958 58.187
In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises and two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats. In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background,” which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments.
![Iris_58.187](https://www.wendoverart.com/media/wysiwyg/the_met_spr24/Iris_58.187.jpg)
Our Inspiration:Irises
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 in., 1890
Gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958 58.187
In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted four exuberant bouquets of spring flowers, the only still lifes of any ambition he had undertaken during his yearlong stay: two of irises and two of roses, in contrasting color schemes and formats. In the Museum’s Irises he sought a “harmonious and soft” effect by placing the “violet” flowers against a “pink background,” which have since faded owing to his use of fugitive red pigments.