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When we consider van Gogh has replicated not only the colour of the sea and the likeness of the boat (with a tricolor flag), but also, as evidenced in his earlier sketch, he has transformed Arles’ cityscape into a mountain, there is little doubt the Delacroix heavily inspired this composition, especially when we read this admonition to his ...
The most comprehensive primary source on Van Gogh is his correspondence with his younger brother, Theo.Their lifelong friendship, and most of what is known of Vincent's thoughts and theories of art, are recorded in the hundreds of letters they exchanged from 1872 until 1890. [8]
The Lovers: The Poet's Garden IV (van Gogh) [Wikidata] October 1888 Unknown Arles 75 x 92cm F 485 JH 1615 The Sower (van Gogh) [Wikidata] October 1888 Villa Flora, Winterthur Arles 72 x 91.5cm F 494 JH 1617 Trunk of an Old Yew Tree (van Gogh) [Wikidata] October 1888 Private collection Arles 91 x 71cm F 573 JH 1618
The work measures 34.5 by 51 centimetres (13.6 in × 20.1 in). It was catalogued as "F4" in Jacob Baart de la Faille's 1928 The Works of Vincent van Gogh and as "JH187" in Jan Hulsker's 1978 The Complete Van Gogh. The painting was stored at the Van Gogh family house in Breda. Along with many early other works, it was left behind in the attic ...
Reflecting on van Gogh's works of the Langlois Bridge Debora Silverman, author of the book Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Search for Sacred Art comments, "Van Gogh's depictions of the bridge have been considered a quaint exercise in nostalgia mingled with Japonist allusions." Van Gogh approached the making of the paintings and drawings about the ...
At the time of Van Gogh's visit, Saintes-Maries was a small fishing village with 800 residents. Van Gogh likely stayed at the Pension Coulomb, a short walk from the beach. [3] Van Gogh intended to use his trip to recover from health problems and make some seaside paintings and drawings. [4] The painter described the town in a letter to his ...
Van Gogh was acquainted with several of the Zouave officers, painted one in native uniform, and his portrait of Lieutenant Milliet is known as The Lover. Poplar trees still stand along the canal, today, but the orchards and the Caserne are gone.
Boch received Van Gogh's portrait of him, The Poet, from Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Van Gogh's sister in law. After his death, Boch's great-nephew Luitwin von Boch purchased part of Boch's collection with the intention of creating a museum for the work of Boch and his sister Anna. [citation needed]