Van Gogh Irises Placemats

$30.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Gifts for art lovers, inspired by The Met collection. Vincent van Gogh's iconic irises feature on these eye-catching cork placemats. Just before his departure from the Saint-Rémy asylum in May of 1890, the artist created four radiant spring bouquets, including the exuberant Irises (1890) in the Museum's collection of European paintings. Van Gogh sought to achieve a "harmonious and soft" effect by placing the "violet" flowers against a "pink background," but owing to his use of fugitive red pigments, these…