Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, established 1962 by Vincent Willem van Gogh, the artist's nephew, and on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Five other versions are recorded in the Van Gogh estate papers: Two Arles versions left the artist's estate unrecorded: Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, executed a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of
Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series) sadness. Both museum paintings were made on large canvas, 65 x 54 cm. "La Mousmé" also known as "La Mousmé, Sitting in a Cane Chair, Half-Figure (with a branch of oleander)" was painted Van Gogh in 1888 while living in Arles, which Van Gogh dubbed "the Japan of the south". Retreating from the city, he hoped that his time in Arles would evoke in his work the simple, yet dramatic expression of Japanese art. Inspired by Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysanthème" and Japanese artwork, Vincent painted "La Mousmé," a well-dressed Japanese girl. He wrote in a letter to his brother: