Van Gogh created twelve paintings of sunflowers. The one that inspired me is the most famous, on display in the National Gallery of London. It was painted in August,1888, and shows a simple vase crowded with flowers, some wilted, some with no petals, some with partial petals. If one walked into a room with such a display, she would silently wonder why the person living there had not yet thrown them away.

And yet, in Van Gogh's hands, there is something about the composition of the arrangement, the deep vibrancy of the color, that has made this painting one of the most recognizable and reproduced artworks in the world.

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