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Explore 1000+ paintings, drawings and letters by Vincent van Gogh. As well as many artworks by his contemporaries and other 19th-century artists in the Van Gogh Museum's free digital collection.
- Sunflowers
Van Gogh had already painted a new version during his...
- Self-Portrait as a Painter
Van Gogh presented himself in this self-portrait as a...
- After Hiroshige
Van Gogh was a great admirer of Japanese art. He wrote that...
- The Sower
Van Gogh had a special interest in sowers throughout his...
- Wheatfield With a Reaper
Van Gogh painted this walled field from his hospital room....
- Wheatfield With Crows
Wheatfield with Crows is one of Van Gogh's most famous...
- Tree Roots
With his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, after July 1890;...
- Gauguin's Chair
This painting of Paul Gauguin's chair is a 'portrait' of Van...
- Sunflowers
- Starry Night, 1889
- Sunflowers, 1889
- Self-Portrait, 1889
- The Potato Eaters, 1885
- Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
- Irises, 1889
- The Bedroom in Arles, 1888
Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night (1889), is one of his most iconic. Leading up to this point, Van Gogh had been suffering from mental health issues, so much so that it led to him cutting off his left ear. After this incident, in 1888 he was admitted to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to recover. The view that we see in St...
During his time in Arles, South of France, in the years 1888-89, Van Gogh created five paintings of sunflowers in a vase, using only shades of yellow and a touch of green. He wrote that for him sunflowers represented “gratitude” and so hung one of them in his home. Later, his friend and fellow artist Paul Gaugin, while living with him for a short w...
Van Gogh painted many self-portraits during the course of his career, no fewer than 35. The one displayed below, painted in 1889, is one of his most famous. Van Gogh depicted himself wearing what he used to work in – his blue jacket and shirt. In an attempt to be as true to himself as possible, he depicts his sharp features, the furrow in his brow,...
The Potato Eaters (1885) stands at a crucial point in thedevelopment of Van Gogh’s style and technique. By depicting a family sharing a simple meal of potatoes, not only did he want to establish himself as a painter of peasant life, but also he challenged his artistic abilities to experiment with light and shadows, experimenting with raking light a...
Wheatfield with Crowswas one of the artist’s final paintings. It captures crows flying out of a wheat field and soaring into the deep blues of the majestic sky above. The artist chose to include a small path in the middle of the canvas leading through the wheat, creating a sense of loneliness and uncertainty. Many consider this painting as foreshad...
Irises is a series of Van Gogh’s iris paintings that were done during his stay at the asylum in Provence. These flowers were in the asylum’s garden, hence why they feature in so many of his paintings created during that stage of his life. The series is influenced by ukiyo-eJapanese prints which took flowers as the central focus and used interesting...
Another of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings is The Bedroom in Arles(1888). Not surprisingly, the bedroom depicted is Van Gogh’s. It shows his simple furniture, using contrasting colors – although scientific research shows that the colors we see today are the result of discoloration through time. The lack of perspective was intended by the artist as...
Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch post-impressionist painter. His paintings are characterized by dramatic color, thick brushstrokes and heavy textures. Van Gogh’s paintings can be classified into two periods: the early (1880-1886) and the late (1887-90). During his first period, Van Gogh painted mostly in black and white with some hints of ...
When you're in Paris at, be sure to take a stroll to the banks of the Seine, where the Musée d'Orsay holds the best of 19th-century art, including twenty-seven stellar van Gogh paintings. Here are his ten must-see paintings at the Musée d'Orsay.
His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterised by bold colours and dramatic brushwork that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh's work was beginning to gain critical attention before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot at age 37. [ 5 ] .
Jan 10, 2024 · The 10 best Van Gogh paintings you should know about. See the work of the artist and legend in our list of all the Van Gogh paintings you should know about. Wednesday 10 January 2024. Written...
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For Van Gogh, her image transcended portraiture, symbolically resonating as a modern Madonna; of its palette, which ranges from ocher to vermilion and malachite, Van Gogh expressed his desire that it “sing a lullaby with color,” underscoring the expressive role of color in his art.
