Famous painters: biographies, movements and great masters

Les Arènes d’Arles de Vincent van Gogh, foule vue en plongée autour de la piste, 1888
The Arles Amphitheatre: crowd, Japanese framing and modern spectacle
Analysis of Van Gogh's Arles Arena: crowd seen from above, Japanese framing, characters, memory painting with Gauguin and real location. Read more...
Le Zouave de Vincent van Gogh, portrait avec bonnet rouge, uniforme sombre et fond vert, Arles 1888
The Zouave: Van Gogh confronts the uniform with the colors of the South
Analysis of Van Gogh's Zouave: the military model, the colors of the South, the two oils, the watercolor of the Met, the letters and the reproductions. Read more...
Portrait du postier Joseph Roulin en buste par Vincent van Gogh, Arles 1888
Portrait of Joseph Roulin: how Van Gogh invents a monumental face
Analysis of the Portrait of Joseph Roulin by Van Gogh: six versions, Socratic beard, colors, friendship, Roulin family, museums and reproductions. Read more...
Le Verger en fleurs de Vincent van Gogh, peint à Arles au printemps 1888
The Flowering Orchard: the spring series from Arles explained
Complete guide to flowering orchards painted by Vincent van Gogh in Arles in 1888: fourteen paintings, chronology, analysis, letters, triptych, museums and reproductions. Read more...
Bateaux de pêche sur la plage des Saintes-Maries de Vincent van Gogh, juin 1888
Fishing boats on the beach of Saintes-Maries: Van Gogh faces the Mediterranean
Complete analysis of Van Gogh's Fishing Boats on Saintes-Maries beach: composition, palette, preparatory drawing, Mediterranean stay and associated works. Read more...
La Moisson à La Crau de Vincent van Gogh, Arles, juin 1888
The Harvest at La Crau: how Van Gogh builds the Provençal summer
Complete analysis of La Moisson à La Crau, painted by Vincent van Gogh in June 1888: composition, colors, preparatory drawings, letters and landscapes of Arles. Read more...