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V A N G O G H
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V A N G O G H
SEIWEN
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Young Scheveningen Woman ..................................................................................14The Prayer ........................................................................................................................15Beach at Scheveninqen .............................................................................................16Farmhouses ...................................................................................................................17Spinning Wheel .............................................................................................................18The Potato Eaters .........................................................................................................19The Old Cemetnl Tower at Nuenen ....................................................................... 20Cottage at Nightfall ..................................................................................................... 21Still Life with Th Fee Bottles ...................................................................................... 22Still Life with Bible .........................................................................................................23Portrait of an Old Man with Beard ............................................................................24The Parsonage at Neunen ...........................................................................................25A Pair of Shoes .................................................................................................................26Still Life with a Basket of Potatoes ............................................................................27Vase with Daisies ............................................................................................................28Skull with Burning Cigarette ......................................................................................29Montmartre Quarry The Mills ....................................................................................30Basket with Pansies on a Table ..................................................................................31View of the Roofs of Paris ............................................................................................32A Pair of Shoes .................................................................................................................33Japonaiserie .....................................................................................................................34Flowerpot with Chives ..................................................................................................35Glass of Absinthe and a Carafe ..................................................................................36Restaurant at Asnieres ..................................................................................................37Trees and Undergrowth ...............................................................................................38The Seine ...........................................................................................................................39The Alyscamps .................................................................................................................40The Novel Reader ...........................................................................................................41Encampment of Gypsies ..............................................................................................42Spectators in the Arena at Arles ................................................................................43The Red Vineyard ............................................................................................................44Still Life:French NoveI ................................................................................................45A Garden with Flowers .................................................................................................46The Old Mill .......................................................................................................................47The Sower ..........................................................................................................................48The White Orchard .........................................................................................................49Pink Peach Tree in Blossom ........................................................................................50Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Tress .................................................................51An Old Woman of Arles ................................................................................................52View of Arles ....................................................................................................................53Fishing Boats on the Beach ........................................................................................54Portrait of a One-Eyed Man ........................................................................................55The Langlois Bridqe at Arles .......................................................................................56The Seascape at Saintes-Maries ................................................................................57The YelIow House ...........................................................................................................58
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles ........................................................................................59Gauguin's Chair ..............................................................................................................60Self-Portrait with Felt Hat ...........................................................................................61Blossoming AImond Branch ......................................................................................62Self-Portrait as an Artis63 ...........................................................................................63The Road Menders ........................................................................................................64Enclosed Field with Rising Sun .................................................................................65Vincent's Chair with his Pipe .....................................................................................66Wheatfield with Cypresses .........................................................................................67Self-Portrait ......................................................................................................................68Lilacs ...................................................................................................................................69Wheatfield with Reaper and Sun .............................................................................70Crab on its Back ..............................................................................................................71A Pair Of Wooden Clogs ..............................................................................................72Sunflowers .......................................................................................................................73Evening:The Watch(after Millet) ...........................................................................74Olive Grove .......................................................................................................................75The Garden of Saint Paul's HospitaI ........................................................................76Undergrowth with lvy ..................................................................................................77Pieta(after Delacroix) ....................................................................................................78Death,S Head Moth .......................................................................................................79The Church at Auvers ...................................................................................................80Portrait of Dr.Gachet .....................................................................................................81Marguerite Gachet in Her Garden ...........................................................................82The Good Samaritan .....................................................................................................83Prisoners Exercising(after Dore) ...............................................................................84Thatched Cottacles in Cordeville .............................................................................85Pine Trees with Figure ..................................................................................................86The Garden of Dr.Gachet ............................................................................................87Village Street and Steps ..............................................................................................88Noon:Rest from Work ...............................................................................................89Portrait of Adeline Ravoux .........................................................................................90lrises ...................................................................................................................................91Wheatfield with Crows ................................................................................................92Daubigny's Garden .......................................................................................................93The Plough and the Harrow ......................................................................................94Landscape with the Chateau ....................................................................................95
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I N D E XA Garden with Flowers ..................................................................................................46A Pair of Shoes .................................................................................................................26A Pair of Shoes .................................................................................................................33A Pair Of Wooden Clogs ..............................................................................................72An Old Woman of Arles ................................................................................................52Basket with Pansies on a Table ..................................................................................31Beach at Scheveninqen ..............................................................................................16Blossoming AImond Branch ......................................................................................62Cottage at Nightfall .....................................................................................................21Crab on its Back ..............................................................................................................71Daubigny's Garden .......................................................................................................93Death,S Head Moth .......................................................................................................79Encampment of Gypsies ...............................................................................................42Enclosed Field with Rising Sun .................................................................................65Evening The Watch(after Millet) ................................................................................74Farmhouses .....................................................................................................................17Fishing Boats on the Beach .........................................................................................54Flowerpot with Chives .................................................................................................35Gauguin's Chair ..............................................................................................................60Glass of Absinthe and a Carafe .................................................................................36Japonaiserie .....................................................................................................................34Landscape with the Chateau ....................................................................................95Lilacs ...................................................................................................................................69lrises ...................................................................................................................................91Marguerite Gachet in Her Garden ...........................................................................82Montmartre Quarry The Mills ....................................................................................30Noon Rest from Work ..................................................................................................89Olive Grove .......................................................................................................................75Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Tress .................................................................51Pieta(after Delacroix) ....................................................................................................78Pine Trees with Figure ..................................................................................................86Pink Peach Tree in Blossom .........................................................................................50Portrait of a One-Eyed Man .........................................................................................55Portrait of Adeline Ravoux .........................................................................................90Portrait of an Old Man with Beard ............................................................................24Portrait of Dr.Gachet .....................................................................................................81Prisoners Exercising(after Dore) ...............................................................................84Restaurant at Asnieres ..................................................................................................37Self-Portrait ......................................................................................................................68Self-Portrait as an Artist ..............................................................................................63Self-Portrait with Felt Hat ...........................................................................................61Skull with Burning Cigarette ......................................................................................29Spectators in the Arena at Arles .................................................................................43Spinning Wheel ..............................................................................................................18Still Life with a Basket of Potatoes ............................................................................27
Still Life with Bible ..........................................................................................................23Still Life with Th Fee Bottles .......................................................................................22Still Life French NoveI ..................................................................................................45Sunflowers .......................................................................................................................73Thatched Cottacles in Cordeville .............................................................................85The Alyscamps .................................................................................................................40The Church at Auvers ...................................................................................................80The Garden of Dr.Gachet ............................................................................................87The Garden of Saint Paul's HospitaI ........................................................................76The Good Samaritan .....................................................................................................83The Langlois Bridqe at Arles .......................................................................................56The Novel Reader ............................................................................................................41The Old Cemetnl Tower at Nuenen .........................................................................20The Old Mill .......................................................................................................................47The Parsonage at Neunen ...........................................................................................25The Plough and the Harrow .......................................................................................94The Potato Eaters ...........................................................................................................19The Prayer .........................................................................................................................15The Red Vineyard ............................................................................................................44The Road Menders ........................................................................................................64The Seascape at Saintes-Maries ................................................................................57The Seine ...........................................................................................................................39The Sower ..........................................................................................................................48The White Orchard .........................................................................................................49The YelIow House ...........................................................................................................58Trees and Undergrowth ...............................................................................................38Undergrowth with lvy ..................................................................................................77Vase with Daisies ............................................................................................................28View of Arles .....................................................................................................................53View of the Roofs of Paris ............................................................................................32Village Street and Steps ..............................................................................................88Vincent's Bedroom in Arles ........................................................................................59Vincent's Chair with his Pipe .....................................................................................66Wheatfield with Crows ................................................................................................92Wheatfield with Cypresses .........................................................................................67Wheatfield with Reaper and Sun .............................................................................70Young Scheveningen Woman ..................................................................................14
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On the very rare occasions that a painting by Vincent van Gogh is put up
for sale,the work invariably sells for millions of dollars.His paintings
have shatteredauction records around the world-all the more ironic,
then,that he lived a life of grinding poverty.Indeed,it is thought that he only
sold one painting in his entire life-though he did give many away to his friends and
admirers.His psychological problems
and deep unhappiness inform his
paintings,yet they are not pictures of
gloom and despair.Van Gogh painted
sunshine and color and life in all its
vibrant manifestations.
In his early works Vincent only showed
flashes of his talent as he copied the work
of other artists.It was not until he moved
first to Paris and then the south of France
that his startling originality burst through
onto his canvases in paintings of
uninhibited exuberance.
Vincent van Gogh's strikingly gaunt
features are easily recognizable from his many self-portraits-over 40.His short red
hair and beard,prominent nose,and staring,unflinching,green eyes appear
to carry an introspective,self-composed look,as if challenging and daring the
onlooker to understand him.He longed to be recognized and accepted as an artist
and craved the company of other artists.In his lifetime he painted about 870
paintings-the exact number is unknown because a number of works attributed to
him are disputed and a number were lost or destroyed in his lifetime.Interestingly,
van Gogh only signed paintings that he considered were finished,so many
paintings do not bear his flourishing "Vincent" signature.
Van Gogh thought and cared deeply
about his art and repeatedly attacked
artistic problems until he arrived at a
satisfactory conclusion.However,he
has been accused of actively embracing
the role of mad genius and tortured
artistic soul to such an extent that he
deliberately encouraged bouts of insanity
to add to his artistic credentials.
Vincent loved painting outdoors where
he could feel Nature and felt his function
was to show the process of creation.The
seasons are fundamental to his paintings-
there is frequently an indication of the
time of year in his work.
Vincent Willem van Gogh was descended from a long line of Dutch Reform
Church pastors.He was born the first of six children on March 30,1853,to
Theodorus and Anna.They lived happily in the vicarage at Groot Zundert near
V I N C E N T V A N G O G H 1 8 5 3 - 1 8 9 0V A N G O G H
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Breda,in Brabant where they lived a
safe,pious,modest,hard working,
respectable middle-class life.In later
years he would look back on this time
with great nostalgia and affection.
As well as the church,the other van
Gogh family business was art-three of his
uncles were art dealers.In 1869,at age
16,Vincent became an apprentice at
The Hague branch of Goupil εt Cie,
one of the leading art dealers in Europe.
In 1873 his brother Theo,four years his
junior,also joined the firm.
As a reward for his hard work Vincent
was transferred to the London branch in
summer 1873.But a long way from his
family his acute loneliness provoked
what would become a life-long struggle
against melancholy and depression.
During this period Vincent started a
regular correspondence with Theo,
who kept over 800 of his letters ensuring
that Vincent's state of mind is well
documented.
Theo was Vincent's anchor-he relied
on him utterly,valued his opinions,
and in short,idolized him.He wrote
to him but also painted for him;indeed,
he saw Theo as being a co-creator in his
paintings.
In about 1873 Vincent was rejected in
love and this seems to be the turning
point for his mania;he became isolated
and taciturn,and started to read the
Bible obsessively.His family became
increasingly worried by the unsettling
tone of his letters and arranged for his
transfer to the Paris branch of Goupil's
Thanks in part to his religious fanaticism,
the transfer was not a success and the
company dismissed him
By spring 1877 Vincent had decided to
become a clergyman and moved to
Amsterdam where he studied Latin,
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Greek,and mathematics.But he gave up when it became obvious that he would
fail his examinations.Immersed in piety he identified with St Paul and rejected
worldly preoccupations.His personal hygiene suffered and he looked increasingly
unkempt and disreputable.His family despaired of him:his father took him
home many times to try to calm him down with the peace and quiet of home life,
but the effects were at best only temporary.
Finally,the family agreed that Vincent
should try lay preaching,and he was
sent to the Borinage,a desperately poor
Belgian mining district:Vincent was
thrilled at the prospect.While there,he
lived the life of an ascetic-his food bread
and water;his home,a near—derelict
hut.He gave away most of his clothes
to needy miners and generally alarmed
his superiors so much with his religious
enthusiasm that the Evangelical
Committee declined to renew his contract.
However,and perhaps more importantly
to him,Vincent was accepted by the miners and their families.
Vincent himself recognized that he was not suited to lay preaching and decided to
dedicate himself to art instead.He moved to Brussels(with what was to become
regular financial help from Theo)to study art at the non-fee paying Brussels
Academy.While there he practiced drawing exercises and copied well-known
paintings to improve his technique.His relieved family generally approved,and
allowed him to move back home.But he was impossible to live with,his father
despaired of him,and he was asked to leave.He had fallen desperately in love
with his recently widowed cousin,Kee. She and the family were horrified at his
protestations of love which were so
improper in such a very conventional and
moral environment.A terrible family
argument on Christmas Day 1881 resulted
in Vincent leaving home and moving to
The Hague.
Still a young and inexperienced painter
Vincent's early work was conventional-
often still lives of rustic simplicity and
rather somber colors.He left the Brussels
Academy and began to self teach through
the use of art instruction books.He also
enjoyed copying illustrations,particularly
the agricultural compositions of
romantic social realism by Jean-Frangois Millet and Jules Breton.
Craving feminine company Vincent became attached to a 30-year old prostitute
called Sien(Clasina Maria Hoomik)Condemned as a fallen woman by society,
she welcomed his support as she had a young daughter and was expecting another
baby.
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It seems that Vincent was attracted to her by the very things that alienated her from
society-her suffering,her profession,her
poverty,even her smallpox-ravaged face.
His family were outraged but he was content,
although they had no income except Theo's
monthly allowance,since Vincent succeeded
in stopping Sien working the streets while he
painted-often from dawn to dusk-but without
selling any work
Vincent took to painting outside(a new
convention)around the fringes of The
Hague,in particular seaside scenes with
fishermen and boats.He enjoyed working
close to the elements and would return home
with sand caked into his paint.But the family
regularly went without food and Vincent
became so weak that he was unable to work.
Frustrated as Vincent bought art materials
rather than food,Sien returned to
prostitution-much to Vincent's disapproval.
Theo was appalled bytheir poverty and
squalor and convinced Vincent that the only
way he could devote himself to painting was to leave Sien.They had been together
20 months,but Vincent acknowledged the wisdom of parting and moved away to
live alone in Drente,an unfashionable remote
rural region of Holland.He stayed for three
months during which time he empathized and
admired the underprivileged workmen and
craftsmen in their daily toil with their dignity,
solidarity,and work ethic.He painted the
peasants at work in the fields and their
cottages set in the flat windswept landscape.
But melancholia was his constant companion-
he was depressed and felt guilty about leaving
Sien and in his painting he was searching for
simplicity and truth.
Rural isolation was not the answer and in
December 1883 Vincent returned to his
parents who were now living in the village of
Nuenen in Brabant.He stayed for two years,
the longest period he spent anywhere as an
artist.The stay was punctuated with
arguments with his father-mostly about
society and conformity.He gravitated to the
poor peasants in the village-many of them
weavers-and was more readily accepted by them than his bourgeois peers.
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In February 1884 Vincent agreed to send his paintings to Theo in Paris in
exchange for money orders of 150 francs a month.They continued this
transaction for Vincent's life even through their
periods of estrangement.This did not preclude
Vincent's frequent requests for more money-to
pay his models or for more materials.Then,
suddenly,in March 1885 Vincent's father died
of a stroke,aged 63.Family and villagers felt
Vincent was at least partially responsible.In
May he left the family home to rent a studio
nearby.
The following month Vincent painted his first
real masterpiece."The Potato Eaters". All the
while he was thinking about the principles and
practice of art,which in turn made him
frustrated with his inability to interpret his ideas
on canvas.Local politics and social niceties
were getting him down and Vincent started to
hanker for the excitement of city life.Paris at
this time was a magnet for artists,both of the
old conventional school as well as those at the
leading edge of modem painting.In October
he left for Paris,arriving there in February 1886 via Amsterdam and Antwerp. He
moved in with Theo in Montmartre,and the brothers became closer than even.
Theo was making hisname as a specialist dealer in the work of young artists,and
Vincent was able to introduce him into avant garde circles
Vincent met and made friends with numerous
artists and his paintings became more colorful
and optimistic.He was popular among his
contemporaries and his unconventional looks
and manners fitted perfectly with the notion of
how an artist should behave.His Paris period
was very prolific:in all he painted almost 230
works there,many of them experiments with
techniques and coloring developed by the
Impressionists.But,on the negative side,it
was in Paris that he started drinking heavily.
Vincent's primary influence at this time was
Japan and all things Japanese.Japan had
become a major cultural influence in the West
since the 1867 Paris World Fair and artists were
particularly susceptible to the new style.Van
Gogh had collected Japanese prints of the
Ukiyoye School since his days in Antwerp and
while in Paris collected literally hundreds of
Japanese woodcuts.He copied a number of his
favorite prints,particularly liking their decorative quality,with blocks of color,
forms of contrast,unusual perspectives and use of space.All this had a profound
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influence on his own style as he later wrote from Arles in summer 1888,"My
whole work is founded on the Japanese,so to speak..in its homeland Japanese
art is in a state of decline.but it is putting down new roots in French
Impressionism."
Unable to journey to Japan,
Vincent did what he
considered the next best
thing:he went to the South
of France.He wanted to
unite art and life.His first
destination was Aries where
he stayed in guesthouses.By
1888 he was painting very fast
and with great confidence.
He was happy at last-working
every day,painting whatever
was in front of him.This is
the period of his principal
masterpieces;his paintings
are full of intense color,not
just because of the southern
light but as a continuation of
his Japanese influence,in deference to which he painted no shadows in his work.
Working feverishly every day he soon needed somewhere to store his canvases,
so in September 1888 he rented four rooms for 15 francs a month to use as a studio
in what became known as the"yellow house"on the Place Lamartine.Vincent was
soon sketching,using pen and ink drawings-an economy measure,in part so he
could during bouts of
madness.reduce his
financial dependence on
Theo who was having a
difficult time at work.
Typically he would work very
quickly,but he planned all
the elements first,and then
would attack the project.
one reason why his paintings
and drawings have such
immediacy and vigor
Physically,Vincent's work
was taking a heavy toll:he
was living on coffee, alcohol,
nicotine, and not much else.
He suffered from hangovers
and there were times he
couldn't think clearly.As he got worse he experienced hallucinations
In July 1888 Vincent received some money with which he renovated and.
furnished the"yellow house."He was excitedly anticipating a stay by fellow artist
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Paul Gauguin and was hoping to persuade him to remain there,the first of what
he hoped would become an artists' colony.The famous sunflower paintings were
produced to decorate the house and to show off his artistic ability and his friend
was gratifyingly impressed.
Gauguin reluctantly arrived in
Arles on October 23 he was to
spend two near fruitless months
there.They did not get on as
well as Vincent had hoped.
Gauguin felt superior both as an
artist and as a person,and hated
the provinciality and lack of
sophistication of Aries.
Vincent was distraught at the
way their relationship
deteriorated.On the evening of
December 23 he cut off his right
earlobe, wrapped it in newspaper,
walked to the local brothel, and
presented it to Rachel,a
prostitute there.She called the police who took him to hospital.He was lucky
not to bleed to death as he had severed an artery.The following morning Gauguin
left without seeing Vincent.They did not meet again although they resumed a
sporadic correspondence.
Vincent was critically ill for a time but within two weeks had regained his strength
and resumed his former life.
The nature of Vincent's illness
has been widely speculated upon
but nouncontested conclusion
has been reached.During
seizure he heard strange sounds
and voices-this might have been
schizophrenia,alcoholism,
syphilis,or something else
entirely:his physicians thought
it was epikpsy. In February 1889
he suffered a bout of paranoia so
severe that he was hospitalized
for ten days.Some 80 or so
people from Aries petitioned the
city authorities claiming that
Vincent Was a "public menace"
and demanded that they lock
him up.In late February he was hospitalized as a lunatic.
Although his dementia only came in bouts Vincent voluntarily entered the
monastery of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole,an asylum at Saint-Rdmy,a few miles north
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of Arles.He Was well aware of the romantic stereotype of the artist tortured by
talent. It is hard to say whether he deliberately lived up to this image, but hewrote to
Theo assuring him that he was still himself apart from occasional mental lapses.
While hospitalized Vincent was
supervised at all times and was not
allowed to leave the hospital to find
subject matter to paint.In fact he
was rarely allowed to have his
painting materials at a11.He
missed his work terribly, but unable
to search for inspiration,he turned
to copying his sunflowers and
painted three more versions.
Otherwise he painted views of the
hospital and gardens.
The asylum provided him with
much needed isolation and
prevented him from abusing drink
and tobacco.His painting had
become his survival technique and
his output was ceaseless.He tried
to use the energy created by his madness as a positive force in his art.It was while
here that Vincent started using circular strokes and snaking lines on his paintings.
These have been interpreted as signs of his mental instability and obsessive nature.
His bouts of insanity convinced him to turn his back on the world but as his health
improved he was allowed to go beyond the asylum precincts.
While incarcerated at Saint—Rémy, Vincent produced 140 paintings,but only
signed seven of them.His
recurring themes were now
landscapes featuring olive groves,
cypress trees,and the mountains
of the Alpilles.
All this time hispaintings were
being stockpiled,a number of
them in Paris with Theo and another
pile with.Pére Tanguy.People
had heard about Vincent's work
and a buzz was starting.He
submitted two paintings."Irises"
and"Starry Night over the Rhone"
to the fifth exhibition held by the
Salon des Inédpendants in
September 1889.It got him
noticed, but Vincent forbade Theo
to release any but minimal
information about himself, even to publicize his work.
Then ten paintings were shown at the sixth Salon des Indépendants exhibition
and Vincent was lauded as one of the young lions of modern art.But success
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panicked him:he feared that its price would be too high in suffering.Greatly
alarmed,he returned to copying paintings by the great masters,especially Millet
and Delacroix,but putting his own interpretations into the work.
Vincent stayed in the asylum for a year.According to the director he was calm
and quiet for much of the time but painted obsessively.
He suffered four mental episodes when he was
overwhelmed by fears and paranoia.When this
happened,he would steal and drink kerosene intended
for the lamps and swallow toxic paint.But he had started
to long to go home,back to the cooler,greyer, north.
On May 16,1890 he set off,alone,for Paris.
Arriving in Paris at Theo's house Vincent seemed well
and happy to catch up with his family and friends.He
decamped to the rural town of Auvers-sur-Oise just
outside Paris on May 20 and started painting immediately.
Just as he had hoped,his paintings came out calmer
without the frenetic brushwork of recent times.
Vincent spent two months in Auvers,during which he
painted eighty works and seemed (from his letters )
remarkably content.But on the evening of July 27,
1890,he shot himself in the chest with a revolver-where the gun came from and
where he was when he shot himself no one knows.Badly injured,he returned to
his rented room.Theo rushed to his side the following day,the 28th.He found
Vincent in bed,contentedly smoking his pipe.His last words are recorded as,
"I wish it were all over now." He died on July 29.1890 aged 37.
There is no apparent reason for Vincent's suicide.many theories have been
posited but none are entirely convincing.It is possible that he did it for Theo who
was unappreciated by his employers and struggling at work.Vincent had been his
life-long financial burden unable to repay him in any way
except friendship Furthermore,Vincent knew and was
appalled by the way an artist's paintings leapt up in value
the moment the artist died.He was leaving a large legacy
of paintings to Theo and his family and maybe saw this as
the only way to truly help them.
His coffin lay in his room above the inn,decorated
with sunflowers and yellow dahlias and his last paintings
were hung on the surrounding walls.He was buried the
next day in Auvers cemetery.Theo was devastated.
Two months later he was seized by delirium and within six
months,he,too,was dead.In 1914 his widow had
him reinterred beside Vincent in Auvers.He died
without knowing that Vincent van Gogh would soon be
acknowledged as one of the greatest artists of all time.
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PlateYOUNG S CH EV EN I NG EN WOMAN ,KN I T T I N G : F A C I NG R I GH T
1881
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15
PlateTH E P R A Y E R
1882
2
16
PlateB E A CH A T S CH E V EN I NG ENI N S T O RMY W E A TH E R
1882, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam34.5 X 51 cm
3
17
PlateCOT T AG E S
1883, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam35 X 55.5 cm
4
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PlateS P I NN I NG WH E E L
1884, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam34 X 44 cm
5
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PlateTH E P O T A TO E A T E R S
1885, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam81.5 X 114.5 cm
6
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PlateTH E O L D C EM E T R Y T OWE R A T N U EN EN
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam63 X 79 cm
7
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PlateCOT T AG E A T N I GH T F A L L
1885, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam65.5 X 79 cm
8
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PlateS T I L L L I F E W I TH T H R E E B O T T L E S A ND E A R TH ENWAR E V E S S E L
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam39.5 X 56 cm
9
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PlateS T I L L L I F E W I TH B I B L E
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam65 X 78 cm
10
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PlateF O R T R A I T O F A N O L D MAN W I TH B E A RD
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam44.5 X 33.5 cm
11
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PlateTH E P A R S ONAG E A T N E UN EN
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam33 X 43 cm
12
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PlateA P A I R O F S HO E S
1885, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam37.5 X 45 cm
13
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PlateS T I L L L I F E W I TH A B A S K E T O F P O T A TO E S
1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam44.5 X 60 cm
14
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PlateVA S E W I TH D A I S I E S
1886, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam40 X 56 cm
15
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PlateS K U L L W I TH B U RN I NG C I G A R E T T E
1886, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam32 X 24.5 cm
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PlateMONTMAR T R E QUA R R Y , T H E M I L L S
1886, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam32 X 41 cm
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PlateB A S K E T W I TH P AN S I E S O N A T A B L E
1886, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam46 X 55.5 cm
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PlateV I EW O F T H E R OO F S O F P A R I S
1886, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam30 X 41 cm
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PlateA P A I R O F S HO E S ,ON E S HO E U P S I D E DOWN
1887, The Baltimore Museum of Art34 X 41.5 cm
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PlateJ A P ONA I S E R I E : T H E B R I D G E I N T H E R A I N ( A F T E R H I R O SH I G E )
1887, Rijksmuseum, Holland78 X 54 cm
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PlateF L OWE R PO T W I TH CH I V E S
1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam31.5 X 22 cm
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PlateG L A S S O F A B S I N TH E A ND A C A R A F E
1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam46.5 X 33 cm
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PlateR E S T AU RAN T A T A S N I E R E S
1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam18.5 X 27 cm
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PlateT R E E S A ND UND E RG ROWTH
1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam46.5 X 55.5 cm
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PlateTH E S E I N E W I THTH E P ON T D E L A G R AND E J A T T E
1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam32 X 40.5 cm
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PlateTH E A L Y S C AM P S
1888 Lausanne, Collectonn Basil p. and Elise Goulandris93 X 72 cm
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PlateTH E NOV E L R E AD E R
1888 Japan, Private Collection73 X 92 cm
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PlateE NCAM PMEN T O F G Y P S I E SW I TH C A R AVAN S
1888 Paris, Musee d’Orsay45 X 51 cm
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PlateS P E C T A TO R S I N T H E A R E NA A T A R L E S
1888 Hermitage, Lenningrad73 X 92 cm
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PlateTH E R E D V I N E Y A RD
1888 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 75 X 93 cm
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PlateS T I L L L I F E : F R E NCH NOV E L
1888 Rijksmuseum, Holland
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PlateA G A RD EN W I TH F L OWE R S
1888, Private Collection61 X 49 cm
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PlateTH E O L D M I L L
1888, Albright-knox Art Gallery, Bu!alo64.5 X 54 cm
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PlateTH E S OWE R
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam32 X 40 cm
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PlateTH E WH I T E O R CHA RD
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam60 X 81 cm
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PlateP I N K P E A CH T R E E I N B L O S OM
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam73 X 59.5 cm
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PlateORCHARD W I TH B L O S S OM I NGA P R I CO T T R E E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam64.5 X 80.5 cm
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PlateAN O L D WOMAN O F A R L E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam58 X 42.5 cm
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PlateV I EW O F A R L E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam54 X 65 cm
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PlateF I S H I NG B O A T S O N T H E B E A CHA T S A I N T E S -MA R I E
1888, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam65 X 81.5 cm
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PlateP O R T R A I T O F A O N E - E Y E D MAN
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam56 X 36.5 cm
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PlateTH E L ANG LO I S B R I D G E A T A R L E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam59.5 X 74 cm
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PlateTH E S E A S C A P E A T S A I N T E S -MA R I E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam51 X 64 cm
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PlateTH E Y E L L OW HOU S E
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam72 X 91.5 cm
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PlateV I N C EN T’ S B E D ROOM I N A R L E S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam72 X 90 cm
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PlateGAUGU I N’ S CHA I R
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam90.5 X 72.5 cm
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PlateS E L F - P O R T R A I T W I TH F E L T H A T
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam44 X 37.5 cm
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PlateB L O S S OM I NG A LMOND B R ANCHI N A G L A S S
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam24 X 19 cm
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PlateS E L F - P O R T R A I T A S A N A R T I S T
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam65.5 X 50.5 cm
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PlateTH E R O AD M END E R S
1889, The Cleveland Museum of Art73.7 X 92 cm
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PlateE NC LO S E D F I E L D W I TH R I S I N G S UN
1889, Private Collection71 X 90.5 cm
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PlateV I N C EN T’ S CHA I R W I TH H I S P I P E
1889, National Gallery Collection, London93 X 73.5 cm
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PlateWHEA T F I E L D W I TH C Y P R E S S E S
1889, National Gallery Collection, London72.5 X 91.5 cm
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PlateS E L F - P O R T R A I T
1889, Musee d’Orsay65 X 54 cm
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PlateL I L A C E
1889, Hermitage, Leningrad73 X 92 cm
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PlateWHEA T F I E L D W I TH R E A P E R A ND S UN
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam73 X 92 cm
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PlateC RA B ON I T S B A C K
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam38 X 46.5 cm
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PlateA P A I R O F WOOD EN C L OG S
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam32.5 X 40.5 cm
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PlateS UN F LOWE R S1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
95 X 73 cm
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PlateE V EN I NG : T H E WA TCH ( A F T E R M I L L E T )
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam74.5 X 93.5 cm
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PlateO L I V E G ROV E
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam45.5 X 59.5 cm
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PlateTH E G A RD EN O F S A I N T P A U L’ S HO S P I T A L
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam71.5 X 90.5 cm
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PlateUND E RD ROWTH W I TH I V Y
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam49 X 64 cm
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PlateP I E T A ( A F T E R D E L A C RO I X )
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam73 X 60.5 cm
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PlateD EA TH’ S H E AD MO TH
1889, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam33.5 X 24.5 cm
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PlateTH E CHURCH A T A UV E R S
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris94 X 74 cm
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PlateP O R T R A I T O F D R . G A CH E T
1890, Private Collection67 X 56 cm
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PlateMARGU E R I T E G A CH E T I N H E R G A RD EN
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris45 X 55 cm
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PlateTH E GOOD S AMAR I T AN( A F T E R D E L A C RO I X )
1890, Rijksmuseum73 X 60 cm+
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PlateP R I S ON E R S E X E R C I S I N G ( A F T E R DO R E )
1890, Pushkin Museum, Moscow80 X 64 cm
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PlateTHA TCH ED CO T T AG E S I N C O RD EV I L L E
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris72 X 91 cm
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PlateP I N E T R E E S W I TH F I G U R EI N T H E G A RD EN S A I N T P A U L HO S P I T A L
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris58 X 45 cm
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PlateTH E G A RD EN O F D R . G A CH E TI N A UV E R S
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris73 X 51.5 cm
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PlateV I L L A G E S T R E E T A ND S T E P SI N A UV E R S W I TH F I G U R E S
1890, The Saint Louis Art Museum49.8 X 70.1 cm
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PlateNOON : R E S T F R OM WORK
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris73 X 91 cm
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PlateP O R T R A I T O F A D E L I N E R A VOUX
1890, Private Collection73.7 X 54.7 cm
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PlateI R I S E S
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam92 X 73.5 cm
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PlateWHEA T F I E L D W I TH C ROW S
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam50.5 X 103 cm
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PlateDAU B I GN Y’ S G A RD EN
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam50.7 X 50.7 cm
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PlateTH E P L OUGH AND T H E H A R ROW( A F T E R M I L L E T )
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam72 X 92 cm
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PlateL AND S C A P E W I TH T H E CHA T E AU O F A UV E R S A T S UN S E T
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam50 X 101 cm
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文森特·凡高Vincent van Gogh(1853~1890年)出生于荷兰赞德特镇一个新教牧师之家,24岁
之前,曾在海牙、伦敦、巴黎等地的古匹尔画店当店员。后来成为传教士,在比利时西南部的博里纳日矿区传教,由于同情和支持穷苦矿工的要求而被解职。在度过了一段极度失望和贫困的生活后,他决定在艺术的探求中完成自我的解脱。1880年以后,他到处求学,向比利时皇家美术学院求教,向荷兰风景画家安东·莫夫学,但最后还是决定自学。他克服种种困难,努力按自己的认识表现世界。在1886年以前,他的作品还都处于探索的时期,代表作有《吃土豆的人》、《纺织工》等。1886年凡 ·高随他担任古匹尔画店高级职员的弟弟来到巴黎,结识了图鲁兹一劳特累克、高更、毕沙罗、修拉和塞尚,并参加印象主义画家们的集会。从而使艺术眼界大为开阔,开始以完全不同于过去的方法作画,画面色彩强烈,色调明亮。在他的画中,总是一片色彩和笔触的狂欢,这种画面所造成的气氛效果表现出一种罕见的旺盛的生命力。1888年2月,他同高更结伴同行,到法国南部的阿尔写生作画,长达一年之久。这是他艺术风格形成的最重要的时期,南国的强烈阳光和阳光照耀下的市镇、田野、花朵、河流、农舍和教堂,使他禁不住一遍又一遍地高喊:“明亮一些,再明亮一些!” 他和高更这时已经同印象主义的观点发生分歧,却同时对表现主义或者象征主义发生浓厚的兴趣。因此,曾经有过建立“南方印象主义”或者“印象主义分离派”的打算。后来因为2人的关系恶化,高更离去,凡·高在发生割下自己耳朵的事件之后精神逐渐分裂。因此,他们没有结成任何团体。 1890年,经过圣雷米的德莫索尔精神病院的长期住院治疗,病势稍有好转后,凡·高回到巴黎,住在瓦兹河畔的奥韦尔,接受伽塞医生的专门治疗,并勤奋作画,作有《伽塞医生肖象》、《奥韦尔的教堂》等。但是,在1890年十月27日,在同伽塞医生发生争吵之后,突然开枪自杀,结束了自己的生命。