Vincent van Gogh (*30 de marzo de 1853 - † 29 de julio de 1890) fue un pintor holandés y figura destacada del Postimpresionismo. Llegó a pintar 900 cuadros (27 de ellos autorretratos), 1.600 dibujos y escribió 800 cartas, 650 de ellas a su hermano Theo, el único que le comprendía.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
1889; Oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm; Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
Flower Beds in Holland
1883; 48.9 x 66 cm
Paysage avec une maison et un laboureur
October 1889; ``Landscape with House and Ploughman'';
Oil on canvas, 33 x 41.4 cm (13 x 16 1/4 in); The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
No. 3KP 562. Formerly collection Otto Krebs, Holzdorf
Irises (pink/gree)
May 1890; Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin
1888; Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 49.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
June 1889 (210 Kb); Oil on Canvas, 72 x 92 cm (29 x 36 1/4 in); The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Starry Night was completed near the mental asylum of Saint-Remy, 13 months before Van Gogh's death at the age of 37.
Vincent's mental instability is legend.
He attempted to take Paul Gauguin's life and later committed himself to several asylums in hopes of an unrealized cure.
The night café
1888; Yale University Art Gallery
Village Street in Auvers
1890; Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in); Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
The Potato Eaters
1885; Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 114.5 cm; Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam
The vase with 12 sunflowers
Self-Portrait
1889 (250 Kb); Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in); Musee d'Orsay, Paris
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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
1889; Oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm; Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
Flower Beds in Holland
1883; 48.9 x 66 cm
Paysage avec une maison et un laboureur
October 1889; ``Landscape with House and Ploughman'';
Oil on canvas, 33 x 41.4 cm (13 x 16 1/4 in); The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
No. 3KP 562. Formerly collection Otto Krebs, Holzdorf
Irises (pink/gree)
May 1890; Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin
1888; Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 49.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
June 1889 (210 Kb); Oil on Canvas, 72 x 92 cm (29 x 36 1/4 in); The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Starry Night was completed near the mental asylum of Saint-Remy, 13 months before Van Gogh's death at the age of 37.
Vincent's mental instability is legend.
He attempted to take Paul Gauguin's life and later committed himself to several asylums in hopes of an unrealized cure.
The night café
1888; Yale University Art Gallery
Village Street in Auvers
1890; Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in); Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
The Potato Eaters
1885; Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 114.5 cm; Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam
The vase with 12 sunflowers
Self-Portrait
1889 (250 Kb); Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm (25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in); Musee d'Orsay, Paris
official web
+info, +pics
+info (español)