Associate Editor, ARTnews. To survey some of his most significant artworks, ARTnews asked eight curators of van Gogh from institutions around the world—including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery in London—to discuss their favorite paintings by the artist.
It was a difficult and lonely period in which he clung to his work, hoping that that would help cure him. This is the view from his window, which he painted and draw many times. For me, this is the quintessential image of Provence: the wide landscape, the scorching sun, the sky trembling with heat. For van Gogh, wheat was a symbol of the eternal cycle of nature.
Below, a road bordered by tall yellow canes behind which are the blue low Alpilles, an old inn with orange lighted windows and a very tall cypress, very straight, very dark. On the road a yellow carriage harnessed to a white horse, and two late walkers. He described it as melancholy and wild, a set of words that, for me, resonate deeply with the restricted color palette and the energetic, textured strokes.
There is one that I would like to trade with you for one of mine of your choice. The one I am talking about is a mountain landscape. This year also sees the release of Loving Vincent , an animated feature film in which each frame has been painted by hand.
The film features 65, frames made by painters over the course of 6 years. Poppy field June by Vincent van Gogh Kunstmuseum. Irises Front The J. Paul Getty Museum. The story featured may in some cases have been created by an independent third party and may not always represent the views of the institutions, listed below, who have supplied the content. Van Gogh Museum. Online Exhibit U. Vincent van Gogh died at the age of 37 bringing his career as a painter to an end, but beginning his legacy as the great painter of the future who inspired the world.
In the course of time this will surely be acknowledged, and many will regret his early death. Sources: Vincent van Gogh. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Written December in Etten. It is also quite possible that he had a combination of these.
Whatever his diagnosis, it was likely made worse by his lifestyle — which to put it nicely was not exactly healthy…. Despite his privileged background, van Gogh spent his adult life in poverty, surviving on cheap food and not much of it.
His diet consisted mainly of bread and coffee, he drank alcohol excessively, and was rarely ever seen without his pipe in hand. His brother often donated to his cause but van Gogh, obsessed with his art, chose to funnel all funds into buying more creative supplies. Over the years, the hallucinations and delusions he experienced became more intense and frequent, and he started attracting the attention of his neighbours.
In response, the police evicted van Gogh from his home for good, and he once again returned to hospital. Most people will have heard the story about van Gogh cutting off his ear — and while his ear was indeed cut, the details around have never been confirmed.
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