Van Gogh: Still Lifes

Learn how Vincent van Gogh's still life paintings, alive with ecstatic color and emotional exuberance, hold the key to understanding this complex artist's life and work.

From his first compositions to the colorful flower images of his late years, Vincent van Gogh repeatedly painted still lifes. In this genre, he could try out various pictorial techniques—from depicting space through light and shadow to experimentation with color. Although many of his still life compositions employed traditio...