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Portrait of Dr Gachet with Pipe, May 1890 etching, 18 cm × 15 cm (Van Gogh's only etching) There is a second version of the portrait which was owned by Gachet himself. In the early 1950s, along with the remainder of his personal collection of Post-Impressionist paintings, it was bequeathed to the Republic of France by his heirs. [21] [22]
Paul Gachet, painting by Vincent van Gogh (1890), second version (see below) Vincent van Gogh suffered from a mental disorder and committed himself to an asylum on 8 May 1889. He was released from the asylum on 16 May 1890, but continuation of medical attention was required, which included Van Gogh being under supervision.
On March 30, 1987, Irises was sold for a record US$53.9 million at Sotheby's; on May 15, 1990, his Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold for US$82.5 million at Christie's, establishing a new price record until exceeded in 2004 by a Picasso painting. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to Van Gogh's work and that of his contemporaries.
"Dr. Gachet's house was set in the hillside above the main street [of the village], with a terraced garden full of flowers and looking down into the valley of the Oise. The house and garden were always full of stray cats, chickens and a ragged, featherless rooster... In the garden, he [Dr. Gachet] worked at a table painted bright orange (later ...
The building served as the office for Heinsbergen's mural-painting business for more than 50 years. [4] Heinsbergen's company, called Heinsbergen Decorating Company or A.T. Heinsbergen & Company, employed 185 artist painters, and created murals for movie palaces and many important buildings, including the U.S. Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C., the Witkin Library & Courts ...
Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh of Dr. Paul Gachet, who cared for the artist in his last months. In 1990, it fetched a record price at auction, selling for $82.5 million ($75 million, plus a 10 percent buyer's commission). [44] Dr. Gachet was an amateur painter and engraver.
Venkat Shyam (b.1970), 1 painting : LACMA [permanent dead link ] Sim Sajong (1707–1769), 1 painting : LACMA David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896–1974), 4 paintings : LACMA
Gachet was born in 1869 to Paul Gachet and his wife. Her younger brother was born at the family's new home in Auvers-sur-Oise. She met Van Gogh when she was nineteen. [1] He painted her in the family garden on 1 June 1890. He came to stay with her father, Paul Gachet for several weeks towards the end of his life. Her father was a doctor, an ...