Van Gogh—Irises 1000 or 500 Piece Puzzle

Irises, 1889, by Vincent van Gogh, 1853–1890 Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s prolific output and signature style only begin to speak to his profound legacy as one of the great geniuses of the Post-Impressionist era. Although he began his art journey with formal painting and drawing lessons, Vincent found this instruction to be too traditional and (in a letter to his brother Theo) “fundamentally wrong.” Thereafter, he was largely self-taught, first finding inspiration in the peasant life of farmers, laborers, and weavers and depicting them in dark, somber tones. After moving to Paris in 1886, the influence of modern art began to transform his palette into brighter colors; his themes also took on a lighter mood, moving to subjects like cafés, country landscapes, portraits, orchards, and floral still-lifes, for which he is perhaps most well known. But Vincent grew restless with city life and moved to the South of France where his art flourished but his mental health languished. Haunted by