Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peach Trees in Blossom 1889 Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London F 514, JH 1681 Vincent van Gogh captured this view of an open plain outside Arles in early spring 1889. He…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Irises (F 608, JH 1691) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 94.3 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles In May 1889, after episodes of self-mutilation and hospitalization, Vincent van Gogh chose to enter an asylum in Saint-Rémy, France. There,…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Ferme en Provence (Farmhouse in Provence) 1888 Oil on canvas 46.1 x 60.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington F 565, JH 1443 Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888, the landscape covered with snow. But it…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-portrait with palette 1889 Oil on canvas 57.79 × 44.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington F 626, JH 1770 Vincent van Gogh painted 36 self-portraits. This was one of his last. Made at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace 1885 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work was made in Nuenen in late spring 1885, just after Van Gogh completed The Potato Eaters…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Bank of the Oise at Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 × 90.8 x 3.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France)
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) The Winkel Mill, Pointillist Version 1908 Oil on canvas, 43.18 × 34.61 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Recently discovered photographs show that Mondrian was inspired by a specific windmill in the countryside near Amsterdam. Perhaps the unrelenting flatness…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow c.1905 Oil on canvas, 37.47 x 48.26 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Piet Mondrian is famous for his abstract paintings, but this relatively early work reveals his origins as a…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) 1886 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 24.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0212-JH0999 This skeleton with a burning cigarette is a student-like joke. Van…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Holding a Black Hat c.1637 Oil on panel, 79.5 x 69.4 cm Hammer Museum, Los Angeles