1. "Flower power from the Dutch master The National Gallery has brought together eight of van Goghs floral masterpieces."
2. "Its joined by three very different florals from the Ottawa collection two potfuls of blooms painted soon after van Goghs arrival in Paris in 1886, and an earlier ink drawing of a Dutch marsh." 3. "An artist just getting started, van Gogh has sensibly gone back to the greatest local master to learn his trade." 4. "The Parisian bouquets are also eminently Dutch in basic feel and structure, with a touch of French exuberance mixed in." 5. "SeptemberDecember Receives a rave review in a Dutch periodical, and contributes to important group shows of the Parisian avantgarde."