NETHERLANDS #5 Direct Swap

When Van Gogh worked on the Irises, he was also working on Lilacs, both from the garden. The Hermitage Museum, holder of this painting, describes it, "Van Gogh depicted a lilac bush in the hospital gardens, the broken, separate brushstrokes and vibrant forms recalling the lessons of Impressionism, yet with a spatial dynamism unknown to the Impressionists. This bush is full of powerful, vivid energy and dramatic expression. The modest natural motif is transformed by the master's temperament and the brilliance of his emotions. Embodied here in this fragment of an overgrown garden we find all of nature's life-giving forces. In rejecting Impressionism, Van Gogh created his own artistic language, expressing the artist's romantic, passionate and deeply dramatic perception of the world."

Thanks Natasha!

NETHERLANDS #3

Antoni Pitxot is a Spanish painter who was a longtime friend and collaborator of Salvador Dalí. Pitxot was born into a family with many artists in its ranks, among them, his uncle Ramon Pichot. He began studying drawing at the age of thirteen, and he exhibited regularly in Lisbon, Bilbao, Barcelona, and Madrid in his twenties and thirties, winning many prizes, including the Gold Medal painting prize in Barcelona's La Punyalada competition in 1965.

Thanks Lois!

NL-2838810

GERMANY #2

Another beautiful painting of Van Gogh. The evelope is simply wonderful, the stamp of The Little Prince is amazing! To complete my happiness, I gained stamps for my collection.

Thanks Friederike!

DE-3498467

USA #2

Van Gogh is one of my favorite painters, he really knew how to express yourself! No one better than him to paint sunflowers.

Thanks Steve!

US-2944161