Posts Tagged: Van Gogh Letters
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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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Jul 29, 2011
No CommentsThe Legacy of Van Gogh
Appreciating the gifts that Van Gogh gave the world from his paintings to his letters Van Gogh has inspired countless...
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Apr 28, 2011
No CommentsDr. Gachet
Dr. Paul Gachet was Vincent’s doctor during the last few months of his life. Gachet treated Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise the small town just outside Paris where Van Gogh was living. Working in Paris, Gachet knew many of Van Gogh’s contemporaries including Renoir, Manet, Cezanne and...
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Sep 16, 2010
No CommentsVan Gogh Book – Conversations with Vincent Van Gogh
If you could ask Vincent van Gogh one question, what would it be? Author Simon Parke takes this approach in his recent book Conversations with Vincent Van Gogh as he interviews Van Gogh asking questions about his family, his life and his work. We recently had the pleasure of reading this book as well as...
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Jun 18, 2010
1 CommentVan Gogh Irises
Van Gogh completed Irises in May of 1889 when he was at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. Here he eased back into painting capturing flowers and foliage in the surrounding garden and the star filled nights from his window. In a letter to his brother Theo from May of 1889, Van Gogh wrote: “The idea of...
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Jun 10, 2010
3 CommentsVan Gogh Sunflowers
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers is one of his most famous series of works. He completed two separate series of still life paintings of Sunflowers the first in Paris in 1887 and the second adorned Gauguin’s room in Arles when he came to stay with Van Gogh at the yellow house. In a letter to his brother...
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May 26, 2010
No CommentsAlmond Blossom
One of Van Gogh’s most beautiful paintings and one that today is renowned among the most popular selling prints is Van Gogh’s “Almond Blossom.” Painted in Saint-Rémy, France in February of 1890, this painting was created by Van Gogh in the last year of his life. Originally painted as a gift for his brother Theo’s...
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Feb 15, 2010
3 CommentsVan Gogh the Writer
While Van Gogh is widely known as a master of painting and drawing, he is gaining more recognition for his talent as a writer. With the recent exhibits at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and at The Royal Academy of Arts in London featuring Van Gogh’s letters and paintings side by side, more people...
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Jan 29, 2010
No CommentsThe Real Van Gogh – The Artist and His Letters Contest
Planning on being in London this spring? If so, you should enter The Real Van Gogh: The artist and his letters contest. We are currently running a contest in cooperation with The Royal Academy of Arts in London to win a pair of exhibition tickets for The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters....
