Décoration for the Yellow House was the main project Vincent van Gogh focused on in Arles, from August 1888 until his breakdown the day before Christmas. This Décoration had no pre-defined form or size; the central idea of the Décoration grew step by step, with the progress of his work. Starting with the Sunflowers, portraits were included in the next step. Finally, mid-September 1888, the idea took shape: from this time on he concentrated on size 30 canvases (Toiles de 30), which were all meant to form part of this Décoration.
Vase with Three Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection
Vase with Six Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection, Japan, destroyed by fire in World War II on 6 August 1945 [1]
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
National Gallery, London
Joseph Roulin
(The Postmaster)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Patience Escalier
(The Old Peasant)
Private collection
Eugène Boch
(The Poet)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Paul-Eugène Milliet
(The Lover)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
The Night Café
(September 1888)
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yellow House
(September 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Starry Night Over the Rhone
(September 1888)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris