Sunflowers by Claude Monet Poster

On the days Claude Monet could not go outside and paint, he stayed inside and painted still-lifes. He always enthusiastically embraced the outdoors and "plein-air" painting in order to study the change of light outdoors. But when he painted his sunflowers he must have brought the outdoors inside as they are filled with the energy of the wind and the colours of the outdoor lights. It isn't known if Van Gogh ever saw Monet's "Sunflowers" painting. In one week Van Gogh had painted four sunflower paintings with extreme enthusiasm. Van Gogh liked to study the harmony of the colour of the flowers together with the background colours. Yellow may have been Van Gogh's favourite colour because it helped him feel more cheerful and less depressed. Gaugin, a friend of Van Gogh's, considered Van Gogh's sunflowers BETTER than Claude Monet's sunflowers! Maybe WE can be the judge of that!