The Phillips Collection is currently hosting an exhibition titled Van Gogh’s Repetitions, which looks at Vincent van Gogh’s artistic process in creating copies of his own work. The title of the exhibition comes from Van Gogh himself, who called his similar versions of the same subject “Repetitions”. Van Gogh had the ability to create a…
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Saint Marys of the Sea) is the capital of Camargue in the south of France. Van Gogh made a trip to the small Mediterranean fishing village at the beginning of June in the summer of 1888. At the time, Van Gogh was living in Arles and took the week-long trip hoping to recover from…
In November of 1888, while living in the Yellow House with Gauguin, Van Gogh created a portrait of Madame Ginoux which she must have found satisfactory. A month later, Van Gogh painted a portrait of Monsieur Joseph-Michel Ginoux. Paul Gauguin also created a portrait of Monsieur Ginoux. Van Gogh clearly held fond feelings for Madame…
