Claudia, Canada
inspiration to me and what i do in art!

anon
how is it put together?

Luke Clews from Kent
this pic is really goodI sort of recreated for my artwork nd it worked out really well

Daniela from Colombia
It`s wonderful to see these beautifly organized information of the painting and the artist, thanks a lot ! don`t forget that is our perspective of the painting what make us feel it like real.

ben
where was it made

Mary
I love his paintings and the prints are hung on most walls in my house. They really speak to me. Yellow is my favorite color and he really brings it out!

Lawrence M from berkhamsted
thanks this was helpful on my homework :)

adam foster mokseton england
exsqiset

Year 1 class in Ipswich
We are going to use this painting as the inspiration for our Mothers Day cards. We will use papers and use only ripping to get texture and depth. They should be lovely!!

skm from south africa
i was doing a project and this helped alot

Martin P. Foster
See new book on Amizon.com entitled "Night Cafe" which explains VanGogh's insanity and why he cut off his ear.

Amelia Weatherill, Hertford, England
This has really helped me with my art homework, thank you again.Amelia..x

mariea harry from england
this picther is wonderfull!!!!i used this picther in a comptetion in germeny so i won a meadel and you desrive it.

lauren combe from ipswich
thank you you helped me with my project

N. Youval Raj, Bangalore. India.
Vincent is my fav artist and his sunflower work is one of the best and inspiring. The flowers are so natural, It explains the meaning of life itself. Also, I think he was a nature lover like me.

Lily Beach Kent
Thank you this helped with my art project x Lily x

Sampurna, Mumbai
Every time I look at them I go back to my childhood days and say I'll begin again.

Rohan Giblin
Very uplifting and portrays a short existance to life by the plant symbolising life being simple and easy in a very noncholont act

lexie doncaster
I am using this picture for an art lesson for children with special needs. I am sectioning the painting and each child will have to attempt to draw a square each...it might be a mess of yellow, then again they might surprise me! A beautiful painting so bright and cheery in these dull winter months and a good way to show a parable about life.

Amanpreet Lally from Birmingham
I am using your sunflowers as an example for my homework because they are painted really, artisticly and i wish i was artistic as you.

Francine Gilmore (Altrincham)
cool!!!!!!

alan hudleston from cambridge
I like the picture detail feature that has inspired a project with my class for people with special needs.

Elle Goodall from Bristol
I need a painting for an art project, at clifton college school, and i'm using this one!!!!!!!!!!!! i am age 12 and i love it......

pedel from ,Accra.
look at the painting and all you see is a vase with sunflowers and the title of the painting is sunflowers ;like duh...... I do not see the creativity in this but ah well is okay

Linsay from Scotland
I first fell in love with this painting when i had to do a project in primary 7. I am now a primary 7 teacher and i can't wait to show the kids this picture to inspire them as it did me.

Charlott From Lincoln
i count 15... but its absolutely fab, well done vincent

Charlott from Lincoln
I needed a picture of one of Van Gogh's painting and I think this is the one I'll use. I need it for a project and this is perfect, Thanks!

Andrew from england
I think this is an odd painting, not for me!

Aimee From Ireland
I was looking on the web 4 some artwork of van gogh....for an art project im doing at school...and i think i have found the one im going to paint! thanks

Osy from London
I first really looked at van Goghs sunflowers for insparation for project,a photo of vase of Sunflowers, but as a flower arranger, I so hated all that dead, I love the Sunflower ib all its fresh beauty.

joey, decky and leigh (bob)
water ur plants

Diana S, polska
i have a full color 21"x27" print-on canvas "sunflowers"from National Galery of London, can anybody help me to find out the thr year when this was print and autenticity, and how much this is worth

Rina from Delhi
it is awesome how a bunch of sunflowers can be immortalized by the paint and brush of a great artist... Bravo Vincent, Bravo

naura
i counted 16 i fink! oh yeah it's pwettyful and uniquelol xoxo

adlin , Malaysia
I have learnt so much by his paintings.Vincent Van Gogh is one of my fav artist.he inspires me through his paintings.He is the one from thousands of stars

holly
i think that he is the best painter in the world the 1 Ilike the most is the picture of the sun flower is the best

frank
i love van gogh

babel, venice
great help... very helpful vn gud! I LUV VAN GOGH 4EVA!!!

oscar franco, colombia
this is good

MaryLinda Claremont, California
Simply one of the best artists of this world. I have seen many of Van Gogh's paintings in person and I could stand for hours just looking at his brush strokes.

dave
its inspirational

Rhys Goode, America
I wish van gough did pictures of food

gem
it is ok but would be hard to draw

Emily Burns from Sussex
Mmmm, i also love it lauren from Tunbridge wells! Phewf, what a lifesaver. Ha...ha NORMAL!

jack from london
it is a brilliant painting and thanz this website help a lot

sarah, london
Best painting of a lifetime!

jen 4m ireland!!!
gd website 4 hmwrk!!!! X

The Dooooh! Hamburg NY
Its a sunflower... stop overexagerating his work...its not even very good...

Caleb Wu from AU sydney
Help with homework, again lolz

Peter Florada
nice picture lol i think a little too much Dark just try to use like color that stand out a littil

maddy, aus
i seem to be able to count 17 flowers... lmao

mutasim from sudan
this is an amazing painting describes the changing of life.

carmel liverpool
I love this painting i am facinated with V V Gogh. does any one know the name of his other sunflowers painting were the flowers are dead. this info would be really help ful cheers

angela austrailia
bbc have amazing resoucres and normally help me tonnes with my hw but i was quite disappointed by this page :(Although the painting is wonderful. I love how sunflowers can represent so much. When you zoom in & notice the texture of his brush strokes you can see why his artwork is appreciated.

zoe from london
thank you, this helps with my homework. i really like this painting

laurz m-s-n
I can count 15 flowas but maybi u dont cont da dead 1s lol xxxxx

Elle from new zealand
thanks heaps this has definatly helped me with my homework!!!

george winchcombe
how much did they sell for

Joanne from Leeds
I am using the sunflowers as a base for my ceative textiles in art module at Bradford College. Excellent!!

Elllie in Bollington
great help with HW!!!

Anon. Ireland
Ya,this pic is pretty depressing!have to do it for some art work for scool..not very impressed vincent!!

Elle form birmingham
thnkz BBC,helped ldz with my hw! =] x x x

Rachel Christie, Baldock
This site helped with me hw, ta muchly, but needs links to info on other van G. paintings

JoAnne from Canada
Having just viewed his flowers in London, I was very impressed with how I could zoom in to see actual brush strokes on the painting. It has helped me with teaching my Grade 3's how to replicate his painting and his strokes.

Nyssa Nastasia from Indonesia
I fink da painting is marvellous except dat it should have been more lively.....

Prasanna Rayaprolu
Wonderful!!But it should have been much more lively.

alex ferguson from aberdeen
his paintings would look great on the locker room wall

boo!
u need more info on how the picture was maid eg.what tools he used, is it abstarct realistic etc.!!! boo!-x-

Maeve, Oxford
thanks for the pic and info cos it helped sooooooo much for my homework

Nitin Shervin Barne
Excuse me, why are the other 3 pictures from the Sunflower's series missing from this page?

Waez, England
Thanks for the info, it really helped on my homework

uvi from texas
Its simple and cool

my dad loves bbc, Essex
i love this painting and you've really helped me with my homework. Thnks BBC! - oh and you're great ferne x-X-x

Becky somerset
This painting by van gogh is probably my favorite. This website has helped me loads with my art coarsework thanks!!! i love the way which van gogh uses the different stages in the sunflowers life in the painting. HIs life story is so interesting!!! bubi xx

sam, wales
i think this site was very helpful and gave sufficient history on the artists and the era. Van Gough was a wonderful painter and very talented.

amy carlisle
great site for art homework . thanks bbc

Lee m
This picture is an emotion no-one could ever comprehend or redo.

oli.p from surry
this site is completely useless for anything unless your an artist and learning which i could never be.

Glidy from California
how come some of these pictures are lively and not this one this website only helped me a little

Annoymous Wiltshire
i think this sight is reall yhelpful and deffinately helped me with my Artassignment! thanks.

Gen from Milton Keynes
this site was okay for homework but i really wanted someething with dates...but whats here is fine. i can count 15 flowers aswell

Aqib Mohammed from Southall, London
Erm...dis was noo help 4 my art hw! can any1 tell me: WHAT WAS THIS WORK MADE WITH? WHAT PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES DID THE ARTIST USE? DID THE ARTIST USE ANY PREPARATORY STUDIES? WHAT SKILLS HAS THE ARTIST USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS WORK?

kate from australia
how many flowers are in this painting??i see 15 but it says 12......oh and buy the way a magnificent piece of art.

Sarah
i think this site was very helpful with the assignment i have to do at school yeah

elly, inverell
this site gave me no help at all for homewok

Jelly Bean Girl from Holywood, Down
This is a great site and really useful but the artwork is still really mingin.

leeroy, leeds
this is a good site for homework but i dont like the paintings

eilidh steel from eaglesham
I found this site very helpful in my appreciation of Van Gogh's work

rebecca
so beautifulli can not belive it is so real like they have been plACED IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN WELL DONE VAN GOGH I LOVE YOU VAN GOGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

laura from philly
i had to draw this pic for art class

Meggan Moore/ Davenport ,IA
Vincent Van Gogh is a very nice artist.I like to look at his art woork. It's very peaceful to look at.I like to paint and do art work also his work helps me make my art pices.

jack evans from bromley
I like the way van gogh creates textures with his swirls and blends of colurs. Even 11 year olds can see how brilliant he was at art.

L.P SUSSEX
thanks for your comments they really hepled me to understand the painting.

Megan, England
I thought this website was good, I did it for my art homework! I'm only 13 but I thought that this website was good for research and stuff since I had to collect visual and written information on Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Personally, I think the painting is a bit dull though. Livened up it would look cool though!! :)

Ian Lyall from Barnsley
The first proper art gallery I went to was the Van Gogh in Amsterdam and I almost got lost in his paintings. The ferociousness of the pallette knife strokes coupled with sweeping contrast of the colours he used. I could almost feel how he must have been thinking as I looked at the cornfield painting, with the wind making the corn bend and the crow been blown about in the sky. Fantastic and vibrant, if somewhat deranged, mentality which you can see creeping thru in the Sunflowers picture.

June West Sussex
These flowers describe the man himself, bright,"in your face", almost aggresive and wonderful beyond descrption.

S. Garrett Schafer from ill.
its one of the most skiiled paintings i'v ever seen!

Alice ,Doha
It is as though those flowers need all that splendour of vibrant yellow light behind them, to live through the diffrent shades of yellow before dying out.

jessica from perth australia
i am of the controversial opinion that gaugain and van gogh were lovers so to me it is a trajic story....of van goghs expectancy for gaugain to turn up in france but he never did so gradually van gogh lost hope and his sunflowers once whole and bright with passion wilted.... his unflowers series are simple yet so expresive

me from down under
I think this is beautiful it really does tell us the kind of person he was!! i love it!!

nicole-belfast
a wondful peice

Sharmilla Jeyamanohran
this is great site for people who are doing projectson him

Sharmilla Jeyamanoharan from ACT
I really like van gogh's paintings i think they are the best even hough they have a bit of up's and down's.

Tony cheung from GZ China
I saw the story "secret behind the masterpiece" about this masterpiece on TV,and I think it is full of the complex feeing of the painter.

Chelsea from Bendigo
I love all of Van Gogh's art. it's sooo touching, i feel i can connect with how Vincent came up with all of his paintings and sketches. it's really quite inspirational.

amy from invy
i really think he was insane mentally with a talent that he is remembered by

Dave Gancode
Sunflowers are the symbol of veganism, and an example of the Golden ratio of Phi 1.618 and the Fibonacci sequence in action. Like Da Vinci before him it could be that Da Vincent followed Da Vegan Code. A lack of Vitamin B12 and sufficient essential fats and DHA and EPA may account for his later mental illness and the ear episode.

Angel from Sudbury
All of the comments really helpful and made me realise different things about the painting. Pat Walk is wrong (although it is his\her opinion) they are beautiful and happy!!

sam london (8yrs)
the sunflower painting is wikid!!!

Wai Mak from United States
i think this is a cool painting

Rebecca from Australia
I Think van gogh has done a really good job on the sunflowers!! the colours are beautiful!! this website is great especially 4 art homework!!!!!

D Boirum from Peoria
read about his life as a young child, did his difficult life create his art or did his art make his life difficult? Either way, we all benefit from his perspective...

Hannah Sullivan, Australia
I really like this pic, its very warm and enviting.

Kitty from London
i cant believe that some people here are criticising the work of one of the most amazing painters in history!!!!!!! what is wrong with you? i dont think you can say Van Gogh should have changed anything in his art. may be come people would have taken on the subject matter in a different way but that is not to say the way van gogh painted isnt right!!! his work is absolutely beautiful and full of soul

Msawenkosi from Durban
I think he was on holidays and when visited his friend his he looked out side a window and saw these flowers and he liked the colour and he thought that if he cut the flowers they will die and he desided to draw the flowers as they were

chesly Soth Africa, Graphic designer 2 b
He used happy colours yellow, blue, red etc and it is a warm art work, warm colours brings it to the front and it is a good art work with a intresting composition. That makes it good for decoration but he outlined too much and out lining makes look like a real 2d painting, whilst it had to look 3d in our eyes.

reena from london (14 yrs)
like all pieces of work, they can be improved, and all deserve a bit of criticism. I think his 12 sunflowers are more interesting, especially because of the complimentary colours he used - he painted all the flowers yellow/orange and painted the background blue. It brings out the complexion of the flowers. Yeh, so I don't think this particular painting was his best...

Diane from Georgia
i really like how this painting is so uplifting and so vibrant. I am currently writing a report on this exact paing and i chose it because yellow is such a happy color and it makes you feel happy inside. this might be one of his best works! :)

emily Morgan (7 yrs) from WORKSOP
He used a lot of lines in his painting. I have been drawing some of his flowers on the date of 3.2.06 . I like his irises pictures the best.I have been painting the sunflowers at school.

lexy from larky
im usein van gogh's paintings of sunflowers for my critical analisis for my art and design standard grade. art is a huge part of my life and my future carrer choises in art and design rely on this exam peice. this is why i chose these paintings, as not only will i learn from them, i also have the chance to be uplifted rom these paintings and accualy enjoy doing a critical annalisis for once. =P i hope no one i know reads this coz th has made my reputation drop rapidly!! lol.

kiran Giblin from mill hill (London)
gr8!!!

cv de jacolyn, nottingham
I AM A PAINTER, AND I FIND THE SUN FLOWERS VERY UP LIFTING AND THE COLOURS BEUTIEFULL.Van gogh i love you.

Danielle Davies from Tenerife
i am looking at this picture as i am wanting 2 use vans ideas for a art project i am doing for my GCSEs. i am inspiered by this painting,it is an interesting and in deep thought! i really like this painting!

J lewis from Bacup
great charming inspiring beatiful

Charlotte from newcastle
Brilliant! It has inspired me!!

Rachel-london
i love the way he signed the vase, as if he had hand crafted it himself then put some flowers in it to show off the vase, and of course his painting skills. i would enjoy this being in my kitchen it would liven up winter mornings.

Sarah Dadd from Cambridge
I love the deep colours. I think the way a would-be boring painting is made more intereasting by lovely brush strokes and blending that really catches the light is fantastic

fish from the sea
I love you vincent van gogh

sexy preciousfrom plaistow
Vincent van gogh inspires me

jess bendigo
this painting is dull yet still seems to catch the motion of the light that hits the composition. van gogh is quite the genius

Hannah Roberts From Sale, Manchester
I thought it was very helpful but Thought it needed a bit more about the Sunflower Series of Van Gogh

Graham form Guernsey
You have to see it in the gallery to beleive it. The colours work fantastically. It is almost luminescent, and draws the eye towards the flowers immediately. The texture detail is also very surprising.

megan from glasgow
I found this site really interesting. I had to do homework on vincent van gogh and i found this website really helpful. I love all van goghs paintings, but this one would be the best!!!!!!!

marina from kent
i like them... there perty!! and yellow!

J.S. from Indonesia
Great website. Helps greatly with homework. Makes life so much easier!

Justin Mahaffey from South carolina
I am doing a project on this piece of art work and i think that it is great that you have this site for us to veiw the art work

Rich from Welshpool
A brilliant site, !awesome!

daniel yuson
i could see feelings and not sunflower

J. Foster, Surrey
We are learning about sunflowers at school

Alison Davies from Windsor
Good info. helped a lot with my art homework

Keke Stoeser, Idaho
To know him is to understand him, admire him and love him.

natalie
the image painted by vicent van gogh is ok but not the best drawing some of the flowers are nice and detailed and others dull also im not that drawn to the coulor either.

DANNY FROM PENDLETON COLLEGE
i think the sunflowers reflect on van gogh himself as this made him happy inside as to which he decided to paint them. the yellow background i think is too much for the flowers but it also helps them stand out from the 2d background instincts from the vase and tables and makes the flowers themselves look more realistic

laura, salford
the picture of the sunflowers are not very detailed, the different shades of yellow are not very nice. I think that the painting would look better if the use of the colour was brighter. In the painting there is part of life and dead in it.

i have to zoom in twice...
to really get much out of em.

a.birgul.baris
there is something about this man,he is so captivated as his painting. this one is very bewitching.

nirvana,iran
fantastic colours,good view.

darryl britton ,england
thanks for the pic helps alot for my gcse project

Prasun Deb, Hyderbad, India
Why don't we get to see the full-bloom version of the sunflowers? all sites only show the follow-up paintings in the series. But nice pictures.

Fifty Cent NY
This guy can draw a lot better tthan me i'll tell ya'll dat

Nick Scott
Thanks so much it really helps when you have got to hand in some homework information on him

Gerry Archer from Birmingham
Why is this such avaluable painting it's so dull

bob from malaysia
excellent artist van gogh is dont u fink

William Dandois
This piece is deffenatly a peice for all times

Lauren Annells from T-Wells
A great site that's a lifesaver when it comes to art homework!!

Milica from Srbija
Site is fantastic for admirer of painting.. like me,, I like paint to and I found here inspiration for my painting .. Thank you

Shaniqwa Twain, Detroit
I love how you can zoom in on the beautiful golden flowers. It really is a site to see and is so real! A very fantastic and informational website.

Shaniqwa Twain from Detroit
Vincent Van Gogh was a playa and dis piece is da ghettofab!

Kaitlyn Bowden from USA
it rocked tottally!

Dave Jones from Oxford, U.K.
The BBC website is excellent for my childrens homework activities and this site on Van Gogh has really helped my son to understand Van Gogh and his passion for painting. Brilliant.

Joy Roy Choudhury, Calcutta
This soothing Helios sparkle by the master painter Van Gogh underlines his "lust for life". Sunflowers (nature/sun) are the very source of life on earth. This vibrant mood of life bursting out is beautifully undercut by the poignant drooping and wilting sunflowers in the vase along side the radiant ones. Life is transient but this painting remains immortal. "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see/so long lives this and this gives life to thee". Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare

Gerry from Kent
Yellow Yellow Yellow What a site

David Arathoon /Canada
His work was colour studies, using traditional Dutch vanitas symbols...Yellow, (the brightest colour on the wheel), representing GOD and the SUN, this painting is a Symphony in GOLD, with great depth, zooming allows one to closely inspects the complimentary mauves etc., subtly infused. This painting is full of colour . Very excellent site!!!

Vincent Plummer from Edinburgh (age 7)
On every sunflower, the petals look golden.

Jeraldene Lovell in Dorset
This is a valuable website for anyone who wants to understand the mysteries of how these amazing artists painted and lived. It is an 'easy to navigate' site and I really like the ability to zoom in on detail, most impressive. Thank you so much. Jeraldene Lovell

Michela Morley from Hastings
I like the fact that he painted some in their full glory and some others past their best, with floppy heads, just as they would really look like in my living room after I'd forgotten to change the water for a day or two!

PAT WALK, MILWAUKEE WI
These flowers look as evil as if they belong in the little shop of horrors...why do people love them??

Christine from Harvard
How lovely to have the opportunity to view this painting in detail. Thanks BBC!

Berndt Windmuller, Frankfurt
"Yellow flowers in a yellow bowl - what colour should I paint the background? I know - yellow!", thought Vincent. Inspired!

J.Hoekstra Netherlands
A beautiful site !