Still Life: Vase with Oleanders and Books
The story
A jug of pink and white oleanders sits beside a yellow book — Émile Zola's novel La joie de vivre. For Van Gogh, the flowers stood for life "inexhaustibly" blooming, and the novel was about the joy of being alive. Painted in 1888.
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Year
- 1888
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
