Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Sunflowers by the Masters

                                                                     Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1889)
Image: Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase (here)

                                                                                  Artist: Paul Gauguin (1888)
Image:  Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers (here)

                                                                          Artist: Claude Monet (1881)
Image: Bouquet of Sunflowers (here)

                                                                             Artist: Anthony van Dyke (1633)
Image: Self-Portrait with Sunflowers (here)

3WW the given words:
blemish erect lob-sided

No blemish van Gogh's
obsession with sunflowers
legacy well known

Erect pointed to
the sun not lob-sided but
a daily movement
Not missed by the old masters
The art world all the richer

For Chev's CARPE DIEM tokubetsudesu
#47 -  flowers, a haiku and a tanka
and Thomg's 3WW # 431 with the given words


18 comments:

  1. Sadly he didn't live to know so many would enjoy his sunflowers...beautiful they most certainly are...

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  2. luv sunflowers, they are such bold faces

    much love...

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  3. He sure captured them every time

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  4. Definitely tells you something about the artist - what they use and what they use repeatedly - symbolism.

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  5. Sunflowers have enticed artists for years

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  6. Sunflowers are such joyful things and he certainly did them justice. Beautiful words on a lovely subject.
    Rosey Pinkerton's blog

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  7. the beauty in those paintings live on, such a joy and now your poem is added to that.

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  8. Wonderful verse and pictures to compliament it.
    Yvonne.

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  9. Ah such a beautiful tribute to this beautiful flower, le tournesol:)

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  10. Seeing the obvious is a knack, no?

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  11. Did you know Tina? Sunflowers were her favourite. Honestly never cared for them much myself, didn't realise all those artists had portrayed Sunflowers.

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    1. Yes, there was a tribute to her in the A to Z Challenge sometime ago! It was mentioned she had a penchant for it. She passed on to the shock of many!

      Hank

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  12. Sunflowers certainly had an attraction to the masters.

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  13. Yes, indeed, what would we do without these masterful sunflowers?

    Flower Hunter

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  14. Yes and they live on in his paintings! Love Sunflowers

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  15. Ah sunflowers .... wonderful flowers always reaching for the sun and always a joy to paint and in my case photograph

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