The Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh: Bouquets Double-Sided Puzzle

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Gifts for art lovers, inspired by The Met collection. Assemble two Metbouquetsby Vincentvan Gogh(Dutch, 1853-1890) with this double-sided puzzle. Painted in 1888,Oleandersportrays an arrangement of what Van Goghconsidered life-affirming flowers for the way they bloom "inexhaustibly." They're symbolically presented in a majolica jug next to a copy of Emile Zola's novel La joie de vivre. The reverse side of this puzzle features Irises(1890), one of four radiant springbouquetspainted just before the artist's departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy. In this still life,Van Goghsought to achieve a "harmonious and soft" effect by placing the "violet" flowers against a "pink background." Owing to his use of fugitive red pigments, however, these colors have since faded with time. Read our blog post

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