My Favorite painting in the World 🌍

Van Gogh painted this still life in the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy. For him, the painting was mainly a study in colour. He set out to achieve a powerful colour contrast. By placing the purple flowers against a yellow background , he made the decorative forms stand out even more strongly. The irises were originally purple. But as the red pigment has faded, they have turned blue . Van Gogh made two paintings of this bouquet. In the other still life, he contrasted purple and green