Archive: Van Gogh Portraits
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Feb 07, 2013
No CommentsVan Gogh’s “Heads of the People” February, 1885
From 1881 to November of 1885 Van Gogh lived in the Netherlands. It was during this time that he had a humanitarian outlook on life and spent a good deal of his time painting peasants and workers. He had an attachment and sympathy for the working class and found the subjects noble, simple and honest. ...
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Dec 04, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh’s Portraits of His Family Members
Van Gogh painted and drew numerous portraits throughout his career and was especially interested in them during his early years of painting. He obviously never lost his passion for portraits, in a letter written to his sister, Wilhelmina, on June 5, 1890, Van Gogh wrote, “What impassions me most – much, much more than all...
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Sep 25, 2012
No CommentsAgostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin
Van Gogh did a number of portrait paintings throughout his career including one completed in 1887 titled, Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin. For this portrait Van Gogh used Agostina Segatori as his model. Agostina owned and operated the Café du Tambourin, located on the Boulevard de Clichy in Paris, which is the...
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Feb 08, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh Portraits
Among his collection of works, Van Gogh created close to 50 known portrait paintings. While some unfortunately have been lost, there are many others that hang on the walls of museums showing the faces of people who once knew the...
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Jul 08, 2011
1 CommentVan Gogh Portrait – Vincent or Theo
Over the past month, there has been a lot of coverage in the news about a Van Gogh self-portrait (Self Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887) which is now thought by the Van Gogh Museum to be a portrait not of Vincent, but instead of his brother Theo van...
