This piece, by Vincent Van Gogh, painted in May of 1890, was made along with another piece of irises and 2 more of roses. These pieces were made while Van Gogh was staying at the Saint-Rémy mental hospital, not long before he checked himself out. These are the only pieces Van Gogh made during his 2-year stay.

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Vincent  Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, as the eldest son of a Dutch Reformed minister and a bookseller's daughter. He pursued many things before deciding to dedicate himself to art at the age of 27. He was largely self-taught and focused on copying prints in black and white before he received formal instruction from his cousin Anton Mauve, a leading Hague School Artist. In lat 1885 he moved to the Netherlands to study at the Antwerp Academy in Belgium.

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Van Gogh was struggling with mental breaks and, fearing another one, decided to admit himself to the mental hospital, there he spent roughly 2 years.