Bangkok--6 Aug--maxima consultants
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store or The Met Store, a museum gift and reproductions shop introduces variety gift set from ‘Van Gogh Collection’, featuring a detail adapted from Irises and Roses painting by Vincent van Gogh in the museum’s collection. The Van Gogh collection includes artful tableware, office stationery, home décor items and many more. The collection is now available at 2 stores - The Met Store at Kian Gwan House’s 1st floor on Wireless Road at Tel 02-651-4117 and The Met Store at the Emporium’s 3rd floor Tel 02-664-9191.
The Van Gogh collection gift set features a detail adapted from Irises and Roses that was painted by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). In May 1890, just before his departure from the asylum in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted an exceptional group of four still lifes, to which the Museum’s Irises and Roses belongs. The collection includes –
- Van Gogh Irises Tumblers - set of 2 tumblers. glass, with decal application. Gift boxed. Not microwave safe. 14 oz. each.4 1/8''H x 3 1/4'' diam. each. Price at 1,600.-Baht
- Van Gogh Irises Platter - glass for decorative use only. gift boxed. 8 1/2''L x 12 1/2''W Price at 2,100.- Baht
- Van Gogh Roses Mugs - set of 2 mugs. porcelain, with decal application. gift boxed, 8 1/2 oz. each.4''H each Price at 1,900.- Baht
- Van Gogh Roses Dessert Plates - set of 2 dessert plates. Dishwasher and microwave safe. Price 1,900.- Baht
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), the eldest son of a Dutch Reformed minister and a bookseller’s daughter, pursued various vocations, including that of an art dealer and clergyman, before deciding to become an artist at the age of 27. Throughout the course of his decade-long career (1880–90), he produced nearly 900 paintings and more than 1,100 works on paper. Magnificent in their ease of execution and graceful simplicity of design, these bouquets were imagined as a decorative ensemble, like the suite of sunflowers he had made earlier in Arles. Ironically, in 1890, he modestly assessed his artistic legacy as “of very secondary importance.”