Image at left: The Road Menders, c. November 1889, Saint-Rémy During the time Van Gogh painted The Road Menders, he was still at the hospital in Saint-Rémy, but feeling much better. In his writing to Theo telling him so, he said that he was sending off three parcels to him and let him know that [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1889 in Saint-Rémy
Image at left: Pine Trees Against a Red Sky with Setting Sun, c. November 1889, Saint-Rémy Van Gogh seemed to be enjoying his time working outside, even though the fall mistral have arrived. The mistrals are a cold, dry wind, lasting only a few days at a time, that sweep down the Rhone valley from [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1889 Saint-Rémy
Image at left: Portrait of Superintendant Trabuc in St. Paul’s Hospital, c. September 1889 In his letters to Theo, Vincent complained often of the lack of treatment they, he and the other patients, were receiving at the hospital. But even so, he had the head warder, Superintendant Trabuc, sit for him so that he could [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1889 Saint-Rémy
Image at left: Self-Portrait, c. September 1889 Vincent Van Gogh was no stranger to the self-portrait and his time spent in Saint-Rémy did not stop his study of his own reflection. About this one he wrote to his brother Theo: Altogether I should rather have a downright illness like this than to be as I [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1889 in Saint-Rémy
Image at left: Starry Night, Saint-Rémy, June 1889 Starry Night is one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings. This is one of two paintings by him that he called Starry Night. It was painted from memory while he was a resident at Saint-Paul’s in Saint-Rémy. Vincent wrote to Theo on June 18, 1889: Finally, [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1889 in Saint-Rémy
Image at left: Irises, Saint-Remy, c.1889 During Van Gogh’s year-long stay at the St.-Paul-de-Mausole asylum/hospital in Saint-Rémy, he had two rooms – one for sleeping and one to use as his painting studio. On good days, Van Gogh still took his colors, brushes, and canvas outside to work and to paint the life around the [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Arles
Image at left: The Yellow House, c. September 1888, Place Lamartine 2, Arles In his letters written at the time he lived in Arles, Van Gogh was wondering if he should move down to Marseille or stay in Arles. He asks Theo what he thinks in one of his letters and then within a few [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Arles
Image at left: The Drawbridge at Arles with a Group of Washerwomen, c. April 1888 Van Gogh wrote to Theo about not being comfortable because of the winds and the cold, but also about the splendor of the south and how he already felt better for having left Paris. Today I brought back a canvas [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Arles
Image at left: Blossoming (Souvenir De Mauve) Van Gogh wrote to Theo about the winds, and that in order to paint out in the open, he has to drive pegs into the ground and tie his easel to them … there are three windy days for everyone that is quiet. Vincent dedicated this painting of [...]
Art History: Vincent Van Gogh 1886/1887 Paris
Agostino Segatori Sitting in the Cafe du Tambourin, February/March 1887
