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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]
Van Gogh's drawing of 87 Hackford Road. In July 1869, Van Gogh's uncle, “Cent” Van Gogh, helped him obtain a position with the art dealer Goupil & Cie in The Hague.After his training, in June 1873, Goupil transferred him to London, where he lodged at 87 Hackford Road, Brixton, [1] and worked at Messrs. Goupil & Co., 17 Southampton Street. [2]
A 2011 novel for young adults, Journal d'Adeline: un été avec Van Gogh by art historian Marie Sellier, is the imagined diary of Adeline Ravoux, daughter of the landlord at the inn where Van Gogh spent his last months. In the British science fiction series Doctor Who, van Gogh is portrayed by Scottish actor Tony Curran.
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh, painted in June 1889.It depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village.
Van Gogh used colors symbolically and for effect, when speaking of the colors in this work he said: "I couldn't care less what the colours are in reality." [34] Inspired by Jean-François Millet van Gogh made several paintings after The Sower by Millet. Van Gogh made seven other "Sower" paintings, one in 1883 and the other six after this work.
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The legendary masterpiece is much more than just a beautiful painting.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa has been described as "possibly the most reproduced image in the history of all art", [1] as well as being a contender for the "most famous artwork in Japanese history". [2] This woodblock print has influenced several Western artists and musicians, including Claude Debussy, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet.