In making decisions about what images they will show, art directors, publishers, reproduction print makers, and even museums, will often limit themselves to the most popular images in an artist’s oeuvre, particularly when dealing with very popular artists. This leads to a condition I think Read More …
Gate at the Paris Ramparts, Entrance to the Moulin de la Galette, Vincent van Gogh Pencil, pen & ink, watercolor & gouache on paper, roughly 9 x 12″ (24 x 32 cm) and 12 x 9″ (31 x 24 cm), respectively. As I’ve mentioned in Read More …
Two Cottages at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Vincent van Gogh Reed pen and brown ink over pencil, roughly 12 x 18 inches (315 x 473 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, which has both a zoomable and downloadable version of the image. There is Read More …
As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts showcasing some “Not the usual Van Gogh’s” (and here), we are often given the impression that an artist’s oeuvre is much smaller that is really is because art publishers and even museums tend to emphasize an artist’s “greatest Read More …
Bridge in the rain: after Hiroshige, Vincent van Gogh. Zoomable image on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikipedia; original is in the Van Gogh Museum. Sudden shower over Shin-Ohashi bridge and Atake, Utagawa Hiroshige; file on Wikipedia. About mid-way through his all too short Read More …
Autumn Landscape with Four Trees, Vincent van Gogh You might come across versions of this image on the web that are much more colorful — with bright oranges and reds — but despite Van Gogh’s penchant for brilliantly high-chroma paintings in his later career, I Read More …