Van Gogh
Art puzzles

Vincent van Gogh art puzzles

Is this Vincent van Gogh paint? No, it comes in a beautifully decorated can, but it's actually a Van Gogh puzzle. There is a choice between three world-famous works by Vincent Van Gogh with no less than 1,000 pieces. Very different in both theme and colors: Almond Blossom, Sunflowers and The bedroom . You will discover all sorts of 'puzzling' details. Fun to make, maybe even more fun to give away. The gift can will at least momentarily mislead the recipient of the Van Gogh puzzle.

Almond Blossom

Van Gogh painted this sparkling still life of delicate almond blossom against a bright blue sky for his newborn nephew Vincent Willem. The subject, as well as the sharp contours and placement of the tree, was inspired by Japanese prints.

Sunflowers

From the sunflower series, there are three paintings that have fifteen sunflowers in a vase and two with twelve sunflowers in a vase. Vincent van Gogh painted these works in 1888 and 1889 while living in Arles in southern France. The paintings where used by Paul Gauguin, a good friend of Van Gogh, to decorate his bedroom. Today, they can be found in five museums in as many countries. The Van Gogh scarf is based on the Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The Bedroom

In this work, Van Gogh depicted the bedroom of his "Yellow House" in Arles, which he decorated with simple pine furniture and his own paintings. The back wall of the room seems to be tilting. This was not a mistake by Van Gogh. This wall was indeed not perpendicular to the others. However, he did not always strictly apply the laws of perspective. To his brother Theo, he wrote that he had painted the interior deliberately 'flat' and had omitted all shadows to make it look like Japanese prints.

About Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands and later went to live in Paris and other places in France. He did not have such a happy life and people in his lifetime disliked his beautiful paintings. In all his life, he managed to sell only one of his paintings. He earned no money and remained forever dependent on his parents and brother Theo. He takes to drink and is eventually admitted to a psychiatric hospital. He then decided to fully concentrate on painting. On July 29, 1890, Vincent van Gogh dies, leaving behind more than 850 paintings.