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Roses (A Vase of Roses) by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, May 1890

$130.00

Item no. PD129-00

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A great bouquet of roses in a green vase: Van Gogh’s Roses, painted in his last days at the asylum, on stretched canvas, framed, or on fine art paper.

Format

Stretched canvasfrom $130 Framed canvasfrom $160 Framed printfrom $160 Fine art printfrom $100

Size

Which size fits your wall

Every size keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

16 × 20 in 41 × 51 cm

Three-seat sofa, 84 in wide × 34 in tall (213 × 86 cm)

Size	Metric	Where it works
16 × 20 in	41 × 51 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
24 × 30 in	61 × 76 cm	Holds a wall on its own above a dresser, console or sideboard. Above a bed or a sofa, hang two side by side.
32 × 40 in	81 × 102 cm	A statement piece. Big enough to anchor a living room or dining room wall alone, or to hang above a queen bed or a fireplace.

Rule of thumb: choose art about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it.

16 × 20 in41 × 51 cm 24 × 30 in61 × 76 cm 32 × 40 in81 × 102 cm

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This painting lives in its pale greens and creamy whites, and a careless copy turns them grey. Our Van Gogh a vase of roses print was graded beside the original so the roses stay soft and creamy, the vase stays green and the wall keeps its fresh spring colour.

Canvas, framed or paper

Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.

Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.

Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.

Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.

Sizes

16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

On your wall

Its tall shape suits a bedroom, a dining room or a hallway. The pale greens and creams look lovely with white, sage, blush and natural oak, and a natural or white frame suits it.

About the painting

Roses (A Vase of Roses) by Vincent van Gogh

Saint-Rémy, May 1890

For a year Vincent van Gogh had lived in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, in Provence. In May 1890 he was well enough to leave, and in his last days there he painted, he told his sister, “great bouquets of flowers, violet-colored irises, great bouquets of roses.”

Left to dry

He painted the roses so thickly that they could not travel wet. When he left for the north on 16 May, he left them behind to dry, expecting it to take a month; they reached him at Auvers by late June. The roses in its sister painting in Washington were pink once, and the colour has faded.

The Met

Here white roses spill from a green vase against a pale green wall, the paint laid on in thick, curling strokes. It was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York by Walter and Leonore Annenberg in 1993.

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Vincent van Gogh painted these roses so thickly that when he left, they had to stay behind to dry.

It's May 1890, at the asylum of Saint-Rémy, in Provence.

For a year Vincent has lived and worked here. Now he's well enough to leave, and he's going north.

In his last days he paints flowers: great bouquets of flowers, he tells his sister, violet irises, great bouquets of roses.

Here a big bunch of white roses spills out of a green vase.

The wall behind is a pale, fresh green, like new leaves.

He lays the paint on so thick that each petal stands up in little curls.

On the sixteenth of May he leaves for the north. The roses can't travel wet, so he leaves them behind, expecting them to take a month to dry.

They reach him at Auvers, near Paris, by late June.

He painted a second bouquet of roses too. Its flowers were pink once, but over the years the pink has faded.

This one went to New York, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift from Walter and Leonore Annenberg.

Look closely at the petals. You can still see how thick and wet the paint once was.

Roses. Vincent van Gogh, 1890.

Self-Portrait, 1887. Art Institute of Chicago.

The artist

Vincent van Gogh

1853–1890 · Post-Impressionism

Dutch painter who came to art late, in his late twenties, and made most of the work we know in the last few years of his life, much of it in Arles in the south of France. He used colour to carry feeling, and explained it in hundreds of letters, most of them to his brother Theo.

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The original

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Date: May 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Where it hangs today: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (the museum’s page, opens in a new tab)
Originals: One painting
Original size: 93 × 74 cm

Graded against the original: true to the artist’s colours, brought back to life for your wall.

How each piece is brought to life

Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.

Graded against the original

We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you

Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall

It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.

Questions

Is this the original painting?

No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.

Will the colour look flat?

This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.

Will the edges be cropped?

Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.

Which size is right for my wall?

Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.

How long does it take?

Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.

What if it arrives damaged?

Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.

Can I return it?

Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.