Vincent Van Gogh Remembered on 125th Anniversary of His Death with Portrait Made from 50,000 Flowers

Amsterdam is honoring the artist Vin- cent Van Gogh with a re-creation of one of his self-portraits - made entirely of flowers. Over 50,000 dahlias were used to make the likeness of the artist, who died on July 29, 1890 125 years ago when he committed suicide at age 37. The medium is particularly appropriate since flowers were one of Van Gogh＇s most frequent subjects.