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
Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Van Gogh) and father believed that God was omnipotent, continually watching over them. They taught their children to look for God's presence in nature, such as the shape of the clouds or in the many colors in the sunsets. Theodorus van Gogh's favorite poet, Reverend Bernard ter Haar wrote in the poem "Song of Praise to Creation": At the age of eleven Van Gogh was sent to boarding schools for training, which initiated his lifelong feelings of exile. Van Gogh felt even more removed from the family after failing as an art dealer and in the ministry. When he decided to become