Vincent van Gogh most likely met Emile Bernard in 1886 at Fernand Cormon’s studio where they both studied under the well known portrait painter, or perhaps they met a short time later at Père Tanguy’s shop. Bernard was just 18 years old when he and Van Gogh, 15 years his senior, became friends yet Bernard…
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…
Vincent van Gogh created three paintings of Père Tanguy during his time in Paris. Julien François Tanguy, also known as Père or “Father” Tanguy, was a paint dealer with a store on the Rue Clauzel, where Van Gogh frequently purchased paints. Tanguy was known for selling products for cheap prices and allowed artists to make…
