1888, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers -- Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
From the museum label: While staying with Van Gogh in Arles, Gauguin stimulated his friend to work from his imagination rather than from reality. This is what he himself did. Gauguin has here portrayed Van Gogh painting sunflowers. This was not based on reality since Van Gogh did not paint any sunflowers in this period. He thought his portrait was a fairly good resemblance, as he wrote: 'My face has lit up a lot since, but it was indeed me, extremely tired and charged with electricity as I was then.'
1888, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers -- Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
From the museum label: While staying with Van Gogh in Arles, Gauguin stimulated his friend to work from his imagination rather than from reality. This is what he himself did. Gauguin has here portrayed Van Gogh painting sunflowers. This was not based on reality since Van Gogh did not paint any sunflowers in this period. He thought his portrait was a fairly good resemblance, as he wrote: 'My face has lit up a lot since, but it was indeed me, extremely tired and charged with electricity as I was then.'