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2 unusual facts about Van Gogh's family in his art


Van Gogh's family in his art

At the height of his career in Arles he made Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Memory of the Garden at Etten of his mother and sister and Novel Reader, which is thought to be of his sister, Wil.

The bright color is reflective of the paintings made in Arles and the transformational work Van Gogh had on the still life genre.


Alicia Koplowitz, 7th Marquise of Bellavista

She is known to have one the most important art collections in Europe art collector, her favourite pieces are by Goya, Picasso, Modigliani, Van Gogh, Rotko and De Kooning among others.

Arthur Lourié

An admirer of van Gogh, from whom he derived the name 'Vincent', Lourié was partly self-taught, but also studied piano with Barinova and composition with Glazunov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, graduating in 1913.

Cadmium sulfide

The general commercial availability of cadmium sulfide from the 1840s led to its adoption by artists, notably Van Gogh, Monet (in his London series and other works) and Matisse (Bathers by a river 1916–1919).

Carlos Zerpa

Carlos Zerpa trained in Italy, Germany, and United States; he blended kitsch with references to Giotto, van Gogh, Picasso, and Duchamp.

Charles Laval

Van Gogh asked Laval, Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard to send him a portrait, in exchange for one of his own self-portraits.

Craig Timberlake

In 1957 he joined the roster of singers at the New York City Opera, making his debut with the company in the world premiere of Nevit Kodallı's Van Gogh.

Dieter Duhm

During this period, Duhm says that he found inspiration in the works of Nietzsche, Hegel, van Gogh, Rudolf Steiner, Jesus, Laozi, Prentice Mulford, and Teilhard de Chardin; and he spent time in the Aktionsanalytische Organisation (AAO) with Otto Muehl at the Friedrichshof community in Austria, and with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in India.

Hokusai

According to the Brooklyn Rail Many artists collected his woodcuts: Degas, Gauguin, Klimt, Franz Marc, August Macke, Manet, and van Gogh included.

La 628-E8

The book then proceeds to the Netherlands, where he finds remembrances of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and also Claude Monet.

Margita Stefanović

During her time with the band she also collaborated on the albums of many other Yugoslav bands such as Karlowy Vary produced by Tomo in der Mühlen, Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors, Van Gogh, Babe, etc.

Moulin de la Galette

Artists, such as Renoir, van Gogh, and Pissarro have immortalized Le Moulin de la Galette; likely the most notable was Renoir's festive painting, Bal du moulin de la Galette.

National Lampoon Art Poster Book

A few of the posters were fine art parodies, including the cover art for the book, which was a cover by Mara McAfee that was a Van Gogh parody.

Tallinn French School

Reproductions of works of art cover the walls of the school building (Modigliani, Picasso, Rembrandt, van Gogh etc.).

The Moon and Sixpence

The main differences between Gauguin and Strickland are that Gauguin was French rather than English, and whilst Maugham describes the character of Strickland as being largely ignorant of his contemporaries in Modern art (as well as largely ignorant of other artists in general), Gauguin himself was well acquainted with and exhibited with the Impressionists in the 1880s and lived for a while with Van Gogh in southern France.


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