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| Keywords: Vincent van Gogh - Irises (1890).jpg Artwork Creator Vincent van Gogh 1890 oil canvas cm 73 7 92 1 institution Metropolitan Museum of Art object history credit line Gift of Adele R Levy 1958 <small> Upon his arrival at the asylum in Saint-Rémy in May 1889 Van Gogh painted views of the institution's overgrown garden He ignored still-life subjects during his yearlong hospital stay but before leaving the artist brought his work in Saint-Rémy full circle with four lush bouquets of spring flowers two of roses and two of irises in contrasting formats and color harmonies Van Gogh noted that in the two canvases representing big bunches of violet irises he placed one lot against a pink background and the other against a startling citron yellow background to exploit the play of disparate complementaries Owing to the use of a fugitive red pigment the soft and harmonious effect that he had sought in the Metropolitan's painting through the combination of greens pinks violets has been altered by the fading of the once pink background to almost white Another still life from the series an upright composition of roses is on view in the adjacent gallery Both were owned by the artist's mother who kept them until her death in 1907 <ref>http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/110000970 Metropolitan Museum of Art</ref> reflist </small> accession number 58 187 58 187 PD-old-100-1923 Still Life Vase with Irises 1890 paintings | ||||
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