Roses, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1890, was created in May of that year at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on the eve of Van Gogh’s departure for Auvers-sur-Oise. A dense, exuberant arrangement of white roses fills the canvas in bold, animated brushwork against a luminous teal-green background, the swirling