Vincent Van Gogh Farmhouse in Nuenen

July 3, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent van Gogh Farmhouse in Nuenen (1885)

Farmhouse in Nuenen is a landscape painting of a small farm house.

Cottages is a subject of paintings created by Vincent van Gogh from 1883 and 1885. This is related to the Peasant Character Studies that Van Gogh worked on during the same time period. Inspired by the work of Jean-François Millet and others working in the ‘peasant’ genre, Van Gogh became interested in representing peasant life in his art. To depict the essence and spirit of their life, he for a time lived as they lived, he was in the fields as they were, enduring the weather for long hours as they were. To do so was not something taught in art schools, he wrote, a reflection of his frustrated by traditionalists who focused on technique more than the essence of the subject matter.So thoroughly was he engaged in living the peasant lifestyle that his appearance and manner of speech began to change. This alienated some of his friends and family, but was a cost, he believed, necessary for his artistic development.

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Vincent Van Gogh Basket Of Pansies On A Small Table

September 28, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Basket Of Pansies On A Small Table
1887 Fine Art Painting

Basket of Pansies (F244) is an example of Van Gogh’s experimentation with contrasting colors. In this case the contrasting pair are purple and yellow.He also used the contrasting red in the tambourine and green in the background for the painting, also known as Tambourine with Pansies. Van Gogh found pansies an example of natural color theory.

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Vincent Van Gogh Le Moulin De La Galette Print

September 26, 2015 | Art Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Le Moulin De La Galette Print

1887
Le Moulin de la Galette is the subject and title of several paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 of a windmill. The Moulin de la Galette was near Van Gogh’s apartment with his brother, Theo in Montmartre. The owners of the windmill maximized the view on a butte overlooking Paris, creating a terrace for viewing and a dance hall for entertainment. The windmill paintings are a subset of paintings from Montmartre.