Vincent Van Gogh wanted to be known as the painter of sunflowers 🌻 Just like other painters working at the time, Vincent made flower still lifes. But he did things a little differently. After practising with different flowers, he chose a specific variety: the sunflower. His fellow painters thought that sunflowers were perhaps somewhat coarse and unrefined. But this is exactly what Vincent liked, and he also enjoyed painting flowers that had gone to seed. He gave sunflowers the lead role in several paintings. Vincent knew that his sunflower paintings were special. As did other people. After he died, friends brought sunflowers with them to his funeral. Sunflowers became synonymous with Vincent, just as he had hoped. Vincent Van Gogh took his own life with a self inflicted gunshot to his chest at 37 years old. 🆘 Reach help @988LifeLine ☎️ Donations can be sent to @afspnational to help with suicide prevention ❤️‍🩹 This is for 𝚅𝟺𝙽 𝙶𝙾𝙶𝙷 to tribute his vast artwork variety and to support mental health through sunflowers. Perhaps he may have suffered like so many people do now. I only hope these sunflowers help spread awareness. -Eddie