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@thezenoftrueart.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 5:42 PM

Vincent van Gogh, "A Corner of the Asylum and the Garden with a Heavy, Sawed-Off Tree," oil on canvas, 1889; Museum Folkwang. #art #arte #modernart #vangogh #vincentvangogh #paintings #oiloncanvas #peintures #kunst #museum #museo #musee #artgallery

@seamusaloysius.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

In The Hague, Vincent constantly practiced drawing figures. He focused on their postures and movements. Vincent didn’t find it easy, but he kept slogging away. He also tried out different drawing materials, such as watercolours and mountain chalk (a hard natural crayon).
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Envelope with sketch of Five Men and a Child in the Snow, enclosed in a letter from Vincent to his brother Theo. (1883)

@seamusaloysius.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 5:32 PM

Vincent van Gogh
"De molen Le blute-fin / Le Blute-Fin Mill" (1886)
Oil on canvas | 55.2 × 38 cm (21.7 × 15.0 in).
Museum de Fundatie, Heino/Wijhe and Zwolle, NL
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"Le Moulin de Blute-Fin (The Blute-Fin Mill)" an 1886 oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh.
It portrays the famous windmill in the Montmartre district of Paris and is currently housed in the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle, Netherlands

@seamusaloysius.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 3:55 PM

Vincent van Gogh
"Self-Portrait with Pipe" (September-November 1886)
oil on canvas | 46 x 38 cm (18.1 × 15.0 in).
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Van Gogh painted many self-portraits, more than 20 in Paris alone. In each one he looks different. He saw these self-portraits as a way of practising the art of portraiture. So he experimented with facial expressions, colours and forms.
In Paris, Van Gogh had discovered the work of Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886). He admired this older French painter for his rich colour palette and thick application of paint.
In this self-portrait he tried out Monticelli's approach to colour and light effects. The pale tones of his face stand out starkly against the warm, dark red background.
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterized by bold colors 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. During his lifetime, only one of van Gogh's paintings, The Red Vineyard, was sold

@seamusaloysius.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 3:30 PM

Vincent van Gogh
"Flower Beds in Holland" (1883)
Oil on canvas on wood | 19.25 × 26 in
National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
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Vincent Van Gogh
Flower Beds in Holland, 1883
Oil on canvas on wood
19.25 in × 26 in
National Gallery of Art in Washington DC

It depicts the rectangular plots of blue, yellow, pink and red hyacinths grown by a Dutch bulb merchant. The low vantage point creates a panoramic view of the field of colourful spring flowers, with thatched cottages and leafless trees in the background. The regular composition allows Van Gogh to explore his interest in perspective.

@openartdata.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 2:56 PM

Reupping from 1997: Leading scholar on Claude-Emile Schuffenecker suggests the artist may be the author of suspected Van Gogh fakes
www.theartnewspaper.com/1997/09/01/l...
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