where many contemporary viewers have seen the painting’s blue-hued flowers—but they’re seeing a distorted version. As a new exhibition illuminates, van Gogh’s irises were originally purple.

XRF image of the painting The fact that van Gogh painted the flowers in violet instead of blue makes sense, Ormond said, given the artist’s conception of color theory. Van Gogh paired opposite ...

At the Getty Center in Los Angeles, a painting by Vincent van Gogh called Irises is on display and has been seen by many viewers. The flowers in the painting appear to be blue, but they were ...

To celebrate its launch, LEGO has crafted two brick-built replicas of Sunflowers, which will be permanently displayed at the ...