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Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré), also known as The Prisoners' Round, or Prisoners Exercising, or Penitentiary (after Doré), (F669) is an oil painting of February 1890 by Vincent van Gogh. This late work was painted at Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Rémy , inspired by an 1872 engraving by Gustave Doré of the exercise yard ( le bagne ) at ...
Van Gogh was an admirer of the Realism of Jules Breton, Gustave Courbet and Millet, [177] and he compared his copies to a musician's interpreting Beethoven. [178] His Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré) (1890) was painted after an engraving by Gustave Doré (1832–1883).
The "Garden at Etten" refers to the parsonage garden at Etten (now Etten-Leur) which Vincent's father, pastor Theodorus van Gogh, visited in 1875.Vincent spent periods of time there, notably from Easter to Christmas 1881 when he returned to join his brother Theo, an art dealer, determined to become an artist.
Auberge Ravoux. The Auberge Ravoux is a French historic landmark located in the heart of the village of Auvers-sur-Oise. [1] It is known as the House of Van Gogh (Maison de Van Gogh) because the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life as a lodger at the auberge.
London: A Pilgrimage is a book first published by Grant & Co in 1872, with text by the English journalist William Blanchard Jerrold and illustrations by the French artist Gustave Doré. It was originally published in 13 parts, with 191 pages and illustrations, and then serialised in Harper's Weekly. It has been described as a populist picture book.
The attribution of the drawings by the art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov to Van Gogh has been disputed. [1] The sketchbook was published in 2016 as Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook, by Welsh-Ovcharov with a foreword by Ronald Pickvance. [1] It was published in French by Éditions de Seuil and in English by Abrams Books. [2]
The pieces range from close up oil painting portraits of the Zouave to full-body drawings. Van Gogh produced this collection of pieces during the period he spent in southern France, which many scholars regard as the zenith of his artistic career. [1]: 11 Van Gogh nonetheless expressed frustration about his work during this time.
Avenue of Poplars in Autumn is an oil painting created in 1884 by Vincent van Gogh. [1]In October 1884 Van Gogh described Avenue of Poplars in Autumn to his brother Theo, "The last thing I made is a rather large study of an avenue of poplars, with yellow autumn leaves, the sun casting, here and there, sparkling spots on the fallen leaves on the ground, alternating with the long shadows of the ...