Surely among painters, sunflowers are the most popular flowers. Vincent Van Gogh really said it all - one of his sunflower series sold for 4o million another for 80 million (approximately). The 40 million one has a sullied reputation as it has been accused of being a forgery. They are indigenous to the Americas, and the Peruvians worshipped them as symbols of their Sun God. The Mexicans began cultivating them, and later they were found in Tennessee. E-mail me at artistjohnwlong@live.com
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