LONDON (AFP) – A hundred years after acquiring one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Britain’s National Gallery in London will bring his vision to life by showcasing three works side-by-side for the first time.

The triptych, which features two from of his sunflower series, forms part of a major exhibition dedicated to the Dutch painter and titled Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers.

The exhibit focuses on the post-impressionist’s output during the two years that he spent in the south of France, in Arles and Saint-Remy de Provence, between February 1888 and May 1890.

“His art takes on a new amplitude, a new inventiveness, everything emerges from it,” exhibition co-curator Christopher Riopelle told AFP of the period in Van Gogh’s life.

“He becomes ever braver and bolder in how he paints, new freedom, new rhythms that enter in,” Riopelle added.

The exhibition brings together some fifty paintings and drawings, which testify to Van Gogh’s talent for raising emotions thanks to his subtle and intense use of colours.

-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin