Archive: Van Gogh Paintings
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Dec 02, 2011
No CommentsThe Potato Eaters
One of Van Gogh’s famous earliest works is The Potato Eaters. Van Gogh spent a great deal of time working on perfecting The Potato Eaters as he thought it would be his breakthrough...
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Nov 17, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh’s Harvest
This time of year, we celebrate the harvest and reap the benefits of the year’s hard work. Van Gogh frequently wrote about harvest time in his letters, and he often compared the harvest season to his own work and how he would someday get back all that he put into...
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Nov 10, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Shoes
From 1886 to 1888 Van Gogh was living in Paris. It was during this time that he created many still life paintings including several paintings of shoes. Find out more about these works....
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Sep 13, 2011
1 CommentVan Gogh Japonaiserie
Van Gogh like many of his post impressionist and impressionist contemporaries was influenced by Japanese art. In 1866 Van Gogh began exploring Japonisme and by 1887 he had created several works reflecting the bold colors and simple lines known in this style of...
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Jul 20, 2011
No CommentsTop 10 Van Gogh Paintings
Van Gogh created almost 900 paintings during his lifetime; however, of these paintings, a certain few continually standout as favorites among most...
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Mar 22, 2011
1 CommentVan Gogh in Spring
Van Gogh approached spring with an eagerness to not only enjoy the rebirth of nature in spring, but to also share the colors of life in everything he saw and...
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Mar 16, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Gallery in London
Last month the Van Gogh Gallery team had the privilege of visiting The National Gallery in London to take in a few of Van Gogh’s masterpieces in person. The home of one of the greatest collections of Western European paintings, The National Gallery is a remarkable museum to...
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Feb 04, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Winter Paintings
For many, the winter months are bleak; gray days and harsh weather seeming to stretch on without an end in sight. Van Gogh often felt this way. In a letter to his brother Theo from 1879, Van Gogh wrote, “It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says, `The cold is too...
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Nov 11, 2010
4 CommentsVan Gogh Windmills
A native of Holland, many of Van Gogh’s early drawings depicted Dutch landscapes and life. A common fixture in the Dutch landscape even today is the windmill. Van Gogh created several different drawings containing windmills. The windmills were also a very popular subject for Van Gogh during his stay in Paris in 1886 and 1887....
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Oct 22, 2010
No CommentsVan Gogh Autumn Paintings
With fall being in full swing it seemed appropriate to share a few of our favorite Van Gogh paintings which capture the rustic beauty of autumn. Since Van Gogh often painted outdoors “en plein air,” like the Impressionists, he was able to capture the colors and light unique to the season. Even the still life...
