Sunflowers poster by Vincent Van Gogh The Home For over a century

For over a century

How have changes in technology affected the way artists depict the world

the exhibition which inaugurated Gagosian's Athens gallery

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together with his younger brother Francesco Mendini (b

Sunflowers poster by Vincent Van Gogh The Home For over a centuryThis needs no introduction. Van Gogh painted seven versions of sunflowers to decorate his house in Arles in preparation for a visit from Paul Gauguin, a friend and fellow artist who famously admired Van Gogh's flower studies. Using a predominantly yellow pallet, Van Gogh portrayed the sunflower's life cycle stages from young bud through to decay, in the tradition of Dutch 17th century flower paintings that emphasises the transience of nature. This