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I am not sure it was. Judging from the questions sent to WikiAnswers "Starry Night" is the most famous one.

Also 'The Sunflowers' is a series of paintings with similar subjects, at least 7 of them.

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11y ago

Vincent Van Gogh painted his sunflowers to "brighten up the place" when he was trying to entice Paul Gauguin to live with him in his yellow house in the south of France.

Imagine that. Creating a painting as a decoration and having it sell for 13,000,000 pounds 100 years later.

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14y ago

He painted a series of sunflower pictures and made them all different.

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Many people like it , talk about it and write about it. That is fame.

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13y ago

He found them sad and interesting.

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Where did van Gogh paint twelve sunflowers in a vase?

In Arles.


What kind of paintings does Vincent van Gogh paint?

sunflowers


How much sunflowers did van Gogh paint?

26 hope it helps


What is the medium of 'Sunflowers' by Vincent van Gogh?

Oil paint on canvas.


What media did van gogh use for sunflowers?

Van Gogh used oil pastels I believe.


What materials and techniques did Vincent van Gogh use to create his painting 'Sunflowers'?

Van Gogh was an oil painter.


What is van Gogh's Sunflowers about?

About a vase of sunflowers.


What did van gogh normally paint?

Mostly landscapes. Although if he could not leave the house to paint he would paint objects (such as The Sunflowers) or self portraits.


Why did Vincent van gogh paint sunflowers painting?

he painted this painting because he likes sunflowers so much that when he was a kid he would pick them for his mom.


What year did van gogh paint 12 sunflowers in a vase?

He painted twelve versions of the Suflowers, mostly in 1888


Which artist painted a number of pictures of sunflowers?

Vincent Van Gogh


Which art galleries are showing Van Gough's Sunflowers on the internet?

Just Google van Gogh sunflowers!