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…
The cafes of Montmartre became meeting places for Impressionist artists who were troubled with the Paris art world. They were gathering spots where the artists offered each other advice and encouragement and became the subject of many Impressionist and Post Impressionist works. Terrace of a Café on Montmartre (La Guinguette) was painted by Van Gogh…
Van Gogh painted The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, or Café Terrace at Night, in mid-September of 1888, and it has become one of his most successful works. Following a summer in which he had spent time painting in the fields surrounding Arles, Van Gogh began to experiment with painting en plein air…
