This elegant 100% silk 35 inch square scarf captures a detail of one of the J. Paul Getty Museum's most popular paintings, Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. Getty Museum Store has partnered with Echo Design Group on a series of art inspired scarves. Founded in the 1920s in New York City, they are known around the world for their timeless quality and craftsmanship.
- Material: 100% silk
- Dimensions: 35 inches x 35 inches
- Dry clean only
- Made in China
- Item #: FN0149
A severe mental health crisis, in which he cut off his own ear, prompted Van Gogh to admit himself to the Saint-Paul Asylum at Saint-Rémy in the south of France. His recuperation began with paintings of the asylum garden, Irises chief among them. The close study of nature was the foundation of Van Gogh's art, as his precise delineation of individual flowers suggests, but he also brought to that study an astonishing degree of subjective intensity. We feel this in the painting's strong colors, thickly applied paint, and powerful decorative rhythms, all of which convey the artist's sense of nature's surging vitality.
-Vincent van Gogh
-Irises
-Dutch, Saint-Rémy, France, 1889
-Oil on canvas
-28 in x 36 5/8 in
-90.PA.20
