Sunflowers (Arles series)

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painting series still life painting series

Sunflowers (Arles series) is a famous group of still-life paintings by Vincent van Gogh depicting vibrant sunflowers in vases, created during his productive period in Arles, France.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Sunflowers (Arles series) canonical	4
Sunflowers (Arles, August 1888 version)	1
Sunflowers (Arles, January 1889 repetitions)	1
Sunflowers (National Gallery, London)	1
Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh painting)	1
Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh, 1888)	1
Sunflowers series by Vincent van Gogh	1
Van Gogh Sun	1
Van Gogh sunflower paintings	1
Vincent van Gogh’s sunflower still lifes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3657178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sunflowers (Arles series)
Context triple: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, notableWorkCreated, Sunflowers (Arles series)]

A. Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
B. Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
C. Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
D. View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground
"View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground" is a painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting the town of Arles framed by vibrant irises in the foreground.
E. Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sunflowers (Arles series)
Target entity description: Sunflowers (Arles series) is a famous group of still-life paintings by Vincent van Gogh depicting vibrant sunflowers in vases, created during his productive period in Arles, France.

A. Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
B. Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
C. Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
D. View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground
"View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground" is a painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting the town of Arles framed by vibrant irises in the foreground.
E. Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting series ⓘ still life painting series ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	iconic example of van Gogh’s mature style ⓘ one of the most famous still-life series in Western art ⓘ
associatedPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
associatedPlace	Yellow House, Arles ⓘ
associatedWith	Paul Gauguin ⓘ
collection	National Gallery, London ⓘ linked to: National Gallery Neue Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo ⓘ linked to: Sompo Museum of Art Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam ⓘ linked to: Van Gogh Museum
colorPalette	yellow-dominated ⓘ
countryOfCreation	France ⓘ
creator	Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
creatorNationality	Dutch ⓘ
depicts	sunflowers ⓘ vase ⓘ
genre	still life ⓘ
hasPart	Sunflowers (Arles, August 1888 version) ⓘ linked to: Sunflowers (Arles series) Sunflowers (Arles, January 1889 repetitions) ⓘ linked to: Sunflowers (Arles series)
hasVersion	Sunflowers (fifteen sunflowers in a vase) ⓘ linked to: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers Sunflowers (twelve sunflowers in a vase) ⓘ linked to: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich)
inception	1888 ⓘ 1889 ⓘ
influenced	20th-century expressionist painters ⓘ
intendedUse	decoration for Paul Gauguin’s room in the Yellow House ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Dutch ⓘ
locationCreated	Arles ⓘ
motif	flower ⓘ still-life arrangement ⓘ
movement	Post-Impressionism ⓘ
notableWork	Sunflowers (National Gallery, London) ⓘ linked to: Sunflowers (Arles series) Sunflowers (Neue Pinakothek, Munich) ⓘ linked to: Sunflowers (Munich) Sunflowers (Philadelphia Museum of Art) ⓘ Sunflowers (Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo) ⓘ linked to: Sompo Museum of Art Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) ⓘ linked to: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) Sunflowers (destroyed version, formerly in Japan) ⓘ
numberOfWorks	7 ⓘ
originalTitle	Zonnebloemen ⓘ
paintingTechnique	oil on canvas ⓘ
partOf	Vincent van Gogh’s Arles period ⓘ linked to: Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
styleCharacteristic	simplified background ⓘ strong complementary contrasts ⓘ thick impasto brushwork ⓘ
subjectType	botanical painting ⓘ
theme	cycle of life and decay ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arles period of Vincent van Gogh → notableWorkCreated → Sunflowers (Arles series) ⓘ

Sunflowers (Paris series) → precedes → Sunflowers (Arles series) ⓘ

Sunflowers (Paris series) → distinguishedFrom → Sunflowers (Arles series) ⓘ

Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers → partOf → Vincent van Gogh’s sunflower still lifes ⓘ