Enter the paint factory
Van Gogh styletechnique, colors & influences
Touch, impasto, drawing, pigments, Japonism and artistic dialogues: understanding how Van Gogh constructs his language.
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Technique, material and colors
Drawing, tools, key direction, impasto, pigments and authentication methods.
Why does Van Gogh sign "Vincent"?
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True or false Van Gogh? Attributions, false and authentication methods
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Van Gogh's touch: direction, rhythm and impasto
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Why does Van Gogh paint so much yellow? Pigments, light and symbolism
Why yellow invaded Van Gogh's work: 19th century industrial pigments, light from Arles, high yellow and symbolic note...
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A day of Van Gogh's work: equipment, weather, walking and sessions
How did Van Gogh organize a painting day? Equipment, long walks, weather, outdoor sessions, back to the workshop and...
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On the threshold of eternity: an old man, a repeated pose and several techniques
Illustrated analysis of Van Gogh's On the Threshold of Eternity: Old Man, Reprise Pose, Drawing, Lithograph, 1890 Painting and Sources...
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Van Gogh's style: touch, impasto, contours and colors explained
Understanding Vincent van Gogh's style through four concrete keys: the direction of the fingerboard, the thickness of the impasto, the role...
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Van Gogh's drawings: how the line prepared the color
Analysis of Van Gogh's drawings: Sorrow, reed feather, cypress, Arles, Saint-Rémy, hatching and links between line, touch and color.
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Influences, encounters and heritage
Millet, Hiroshige, Gauguin, Monet, expressionism, cinema, books and posterity by Van Gogh.
How Van Gogh influenced expressionism and modern art
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Van Gogh after Millet: copy to translate into color
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Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec: cafés, portraits and Parisian modernity
Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec in Paris: Cormon workshop, cafés in Montmartre, Portrait of Vincent, Le Tambourin, posters and modernity.
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Émile Bernard and Van Gogh: letters, friendship and debates on painting
Van Gogh's 22 letters to Émile Bernard reveal a demanding friendship: color, portraits, compartmentalism, Gauguin and great debate between...
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Anton Mauve and Van Gogh: master, cousin and artistic break
Anton Mauve was Van Gogh's cousin by marriage and first mentor in painting. Discover the lessons of The Hague, watercolor, Sien,...
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The Arles Arena: crowd, Japanese framing and modern spectacle
Analysis of Van Gogh's Arles Arena: high-angle crowd, Japanese framing, characters, memory painting with Gauguin and location...
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L'Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux between Van Gogh and Gauguin
Illustrated analysis of L'Arlésienne by Van Gogh: Madame Ginoux, Gauguin, Café de la Gare, Arles, versions from 1888 and covers from 1890.
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Portrait of Father Tanguy: the color merchant surrounded by prints
Illustrated analysis of Van Gogh's Portrait of Father Tanguy: Julien Tanguy, color merchant, Parisian Japonism, Japanese prints,...
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The Bridge in the Rain after Hiroshige: outline, flat areas and oblique rain
In 1887, Van Gogh transformed a print by Hiroshige into a canvas of intense colors. Compare the two works and analyze the bridge,...
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Plum tree in bloom after Hiroshige: when Van Gogh copies to learn
Van Gogh copies Hiroshige to learn: complete comparison of the Plum Tree in Flowers with Kameido's print, color analysis,...
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La Courtisane: a Japanese factory saturated with signs and colors
Illustrated analysis of Van Gogh's La Courtisane: Japonerie after Keisai Eisen, Paris Illustré, oiran, saturated colors, cranes,...
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The Alyscamps: Van Gogh and Gauguin paint the same avenue of Arles
In Arles in 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin installed their easels in the same ancient alley. Compare their frames, their colors, the...
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Van Gogh and Japan: Hiroshige, cut frames and flat colors
Illustrated analysis of Japanese influence in Van Gogh: Hiroshige, 1887 copies, Plum tree in bloom, Bridge in the rain, framing...
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The Sower at Sunset: Van Gogh transforms Millet into solar vision
Enriched analysis of Van Gogh's Sower at Sunset: comparisons with Millet, versions of The Sower, Arles 1888, sun, color and...
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Van Gogh and Gauguin: nine weeks in the Yellow House, then the breakup
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The best books on Van Gogh: biographies, letters, catalogs and novels
Selection of the best books on Van Gogh: biographies, letters, catalogs, surveys and novels, with purchase links, covers and...
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The best films about Van Gogh: from Pialat to Loving Vincent
Richly illustrated guide to the best Vincent van Gogh films: Pialat, Loving Vincent, Minnelli, Altman, Schnabel, BBC, posters,...
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Monet and Van Gogh: differences, commonalities and chronology
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Van Gogh's Nap: translating Millet into colors
Analyze Van Gogh's Nap after Millet: context of Saint-Rémy, composition, colors, cycle of the hours of the day, Musée d'Orsay and...
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Is The Scream by Van Gogh? Munch, origin and analysis
The Scream is not by Van Gogh but by Edvard Munch. Discover its versions, its genesis, its Oslo landscape and the true similarities between...
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Impressionist Van Gogh: The Paris Revolution
Discover how Paris transformed Van Gogh: impressionism, neo-impressionism, clear palette, divided touches, works, museums and...
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