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Sunflowers
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Sunflowers

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst · 1892 · pen; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Roland Holst was one of Vincent van Gogh's first admirers. He helped organise a Van Gogh exhibition in Amsterdam in the winter of 1892-1893. For the accompanying catalogue he designed a cover illustrating a dying sunflower before the setting sun. Perhaps somewhat less sentimental is this detailed, forcefully drawn study of an overblown sunflower.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSunflowers. 1892. Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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