Van Gogh spent a year living in the asylum at Saint Remy de Provence. Though it was a turbulent time in his life it was a very prolific one artistically. Van Gogh created numerous paintings, frequently turning his attention to the land outside the asylum. During this time he created a series of at least…
Self-taught artist, Okke Weerstand, has a passion for sculpting. In each piece he tries to ‘catch’ the emotion, feeling and movement of the subject. One of the artists who has inspired Weerstand is Vincent van Gogh, so when he received the request to work with his uncle, Geert Weerstand, on a joint project for a…
When you think of paintings of haystacks you frequently think of Claude Monet and his Haystacks series. However, Vincent van Gogh painted haystacks as well in his paintings, Haystacks in Provence (1888) and Haystacks under a Rainy Sky (1890). Along with the haystack paintings, throughout his career, Van Gogh created numerous paintings of…
