Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh. Arles, August 1888. Vase with Twelve Sunflowers is the third version of the second sunflowers series by Vincent van Gogh, painted in Arles during August 1888. The background is blue-green and the flowers seem much more yellow than in the former two versions. Oil on canvas, 91 x 72 cm. Munich, Neue Pinakothek. F 456, JH 1561 Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art. Floral nature cute girly retro artistic botanical Post-Impressionism fine art.