Art, Biography and Prints of Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh’s Sunflower paintings were executed for the arrival of his fellow painter Paul Gauguin. As Vincent wrote in Letter 526 to his brother Theo van Gogh hoped to live together with Paul Gauguin in the studio and prepared the paintings this for. “Nothing but pure big sunflowers …
Though Café Terrace is not signed by van Gogh, Vincent mentioned it in several letters, thus ownership has never been a matter for discussions. Vincent described the painting in a letter to his sister Wilhelmina with the following words: …
The name Bedroom at Arles, sometimes also Vincent’s Bedroom, refers to three different paintings and two drawings in letters, all of them executed between 1888 and 1889 by Vincent van Gogh in the Yellow House, Arles. The paintings are now…
The Night Cafe is a painting executed in Arles during September 1888 Vincent van Gogh. The original title Le Café de nuit is included in the painting itself, just below the signature. The Night Cafe shows the interior of the Cafe held by…
The Yellow House is a painting by Vincent van Gogh painted in September 1888 in oil on canvas, and having the dimensions of 72cm × 91.5 cm. Today, it can be seen in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
The title Yellow House (French: Maison Jaune; Dutch: Huis Het gele) refers to the house Van Gogh [...]
Sunflowers are the theme of twelve paintings by Vincent van Gogh, which were executed in two series of still lifes. The first sunflower series was painted 1887 in Paris, while the second sunflower series was executed in Arles, … Read the full story >