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Gauguin: Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888
Oil on Canvas, 73 x 91 cm
Photo: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Gauguin: Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888
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Here, Gauguin depicts his friend painting sunflowers. It is impossible, however, that he actually saw Van Gogh at work on this particular project, since when Gauguin painted this portrait no sunflowers were in bloom. But this was not a problem for Gauguin. Unlike Van Gogh, who nearly always based his work on direct observation, Gauguin relied more on memory and imagination in the creation of his canvases.

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