Posts Tagged: Van Gogh Landscapes
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May 25, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh in May
The month of May was typically a productive month for Van Gogh with improvements in the weather and the flowers and trees in full bloom. In a letter to his brother Theo from May of 1888, Van Gogh wrote about the first painting shown below stating: “A meadow full of very yellow buttercups, a ditch...
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Apr 16, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh in Asnières – Park Paintings
While Van Gogh painted several series during this time, one of the popular subjects that Van Gogh painted was a series of paintings of the park at...
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Mar 30, 2012
No CommentsHappy Birthday Van Gogh
On this day in 1853, Vincent van Gogh was born and the world was forever changed. In honor of his birthday, here are a few lesser known Van Gogh...
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Mar 16, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh Cottages
One of the memories that Van Gogh painted from when he was in Saint Remy was cottages with thatched roofs. He seemed to long for the familiarity of home and wanted to revisit some of his earlier...
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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...
