Van Gogh Paintings

Van Gogh – Early and Late Works

Van Gogh completed almost 900 paintings in the span of less than ten years.  During this time it is incredible to look at how quickly his style and his works evolved.  From dark still life paintings to colorful Post Impressionistic works, it is evident that Van Gogh worked hard to refine his technique and grow as an artist.  Below are some of Van Gogh’s earliest paintings shown along with some of his last works.

Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs – November – late month to mid December, 1881
Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit – December, 1881
Wheatfield with Crows – July, 1890
Wheatfields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky – July, 1890

Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs - Vincent van Gogh

Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit - Vincent van Gogh

Wheatfield with Crows - Vincent van Gogh

Wheatfields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky - Vincent van Gogh

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  1. What I find particularly interesting is despite the real possibility of fakes included in Van Gogh’s recognised oeuvre particularly during the Auvers period -it’s almost inconceivable even allowing for his prolific work rate that he could have produced 70 odd pictures, not including drawings, during a mere 3 months- we have never discovered or indeed questioned -apart from some puzzlement in dating identification by Jan Hulsker in his Van Gogh Catalogue Raisonne- where the picture Vincent described he was engaged upon in the last letter to his mother. No late picture in his oeuvre meets the very specific description he provides and yet we rely upon descriptions in Vincent’s letters to identify his works.
    I have been aware of the whereabouts of this picture for 30 years, which because he was still `engaged’ on it when writing also contains features not covered in the letter: it’s good for period, palette, and style and continues to remain unvarnished and on the un-relined cheap canvas and stretcher as when originally painted by Vincent. The Van Gogh Museum having seen only photos stated `In our opinion not in Van Gogh’s style’ but when asked what in the style they were unable to reconcile with Van Gogh they replied in effect they `were not expected to explain their opinion, they had simply be asked to provide it’ hardly the academic analysis one might expect of museum experts in that field although I’m afraid not untypical of this particular body who’ve long enjoyed a reputation for rejecting clearly bona fide early Van Gogh works that resurfaced over the years evidently seeing their job as standing sentinel over Vincent’s established oeuvre, including the established fakes, in recognising no additional, however genuine, inclusions – their opposition is strengthened by by the broken early provenances, although good scholarship should suffice to bridge that gap, and the picture referred to also has much supporting evidence for it’s authenticity.
    It’s sad that Van Gogh’s oeuvre is weakened rather than enhanced by the very experts whom you might expect to be protective of the artist’s work.

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