There were two large rooms of Van Goghs, nearly all from the last 4 years of his life (he only painted for 10), with paintings he admired sprinkled here and there as well as the usual explanatory comments to his brother and confidant Theo. The overall title of the exhibit was "Van Gogh & Co." Oh, and since I am usually the first to complain, the lighting, both natural and artificial, in this museum was exemplary. Everything was under glass, but you had to examine it closely and carefully to tell....
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| Potato-eaters, 1885 |
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| Pink peach trees, 1888 |
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| Cypresses with two figures, 1889-90 |
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| Patch of grass, 1887 |
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| Vicki, studying, 2015 |
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| Bridge at Arles, 1888 |
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| Landscape with wheat sheaves and rising moon, 1889 |
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| Wheat field with reaper and sun, 1889 |
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| Wheat stack under a cloudy sky, 1889 |
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| Still life with straw hat, 1881 |
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Still life with meadow flowers and roses, 1886-
1887 |
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| Four sunflowers gone to seed, 1887 |
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| Carpenter's shed and laundry, 1882 |
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| Le Moulin de la Galette, 1886 |
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Terrace of a cafe at night, 1888; new personal
favorite and pretty much the emblem of the
museum |
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| Still life with a plate of onions, 1889 |
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Portrait of Joseph Roulin, 1889 (the local
postman) |
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| Sorrowing old man (At Eternity's Gate), 1889 |
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| Self-portrait, 1887 |
3 comments:
So interesting that they chose to use the same style of frame for all of the paintings! I've never seen a museum do that before.
The rest of the museum had the usual hodge-podge of frames, all sizes, shapes, styles, generally no discernible relation to the painting. The treatment for Vincent's paintings is unique, yes. My guess is that, since (seriously) Ms. Kroller-Muller regarded Van Gogh as the greatest of painters, she did not want anything distracting from his work. Just a guess.
Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists. Love all his things that you have here. I read an interesting article about him just today. I'll forward it to Vicki.
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