Northeast Corner of Miami and Stitt St.

Irises, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889.

Medium: Oil Paint

Style: Post-Impressionist

This was the first painting that Van Gogh completed while staying at an institution in France for isolation and recovery from amputating his ear. In this year before his death, Van Gogh created almost 130 paintings. He painted Irises from the institutions' garden, creating each flower uniquely, giving them a variety of curved silhouettes and twisting lines after intricately studying their movements.

Irises held the record for the most expensive artwork sold in 1987, when it sold for $53.9 million dollars (well over $100 million dollars today!).