Roses
Vincent van Gogh (1890)
Roses gathers a bursting bouquet in a simple earthen pot against a sea of mint-green strokes, its blooms tipping, spilling, and glowing a cool white. Van Gogh’s thick, directional brushwork charges the still life with <strong>restless vitality</strong>, while the restrained green-and-pale palette creates a <strong>restorative</strong> calm <sup>[1]</sup>. Conservation shows the flowers were once <strong>pink</strong>, their fading altering the intended pink–green complement that anchored the ensemble of Irises and Roses from May 1890 <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup><sup>[4]</sup>.
