Cameroon – 2025 – 500 Francs – Sunflowers van Gogh (Flowers in Painting series)

Description

Discover the timeless beauty of flowers that have inspired the greatest masters
of painting for centuries. From delicate accents in still lifes to the expressive
compositions of the Impressionists — flowers have always held a special place in
art. Artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and Édouard
Manet used the richness of colors and forms to portray flowers as a metaphor of
transience, joy and harmony with nature.
„Flowers are the remnants of paradise on earth”.
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Without Dogma