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The Sower, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh. In 1888 Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of pictures of a lonely figure moving across a plowed field, a favorite subject of the artist: a broad gesture of the right hand indicates that sowing is taking place. However, the real protagonist of the paintings, which later became aptly known as The Sower, 1889 ...
Van Gogh had a special interest in sowers throughout his artistic career. All in all, he made more than 30 drawings and paintings on this theme. He painted this sower in the autumn of 1888. At the time, Van Gogh was working together with Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Gauguin believed that in his work Van Gogh should draw less on reality and more on his imagination.<br><br>Here, Van Gogh used ...
- The Good Samaritan After Eugène Delacroix
- Prisoners Exercising After Gustave Doré
- Noon Rest from Work After Jean-François Millet
- The Sower After Jean-François Millet
- The Raising of Lazarus After Rembrandt Van Rijn
- Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Van Gogh Copies
Originally by Eugène Delacroix (1832–1883), Van Gogh made his copy of The Good Samaritanin May 1890. The painting is mirrored, meaning that the right is left and the left is right, this is probably because it was copied from a print. Van Gogh freshens up the Romantic painting with his characteristic brushwork making small and energetic strokes. The...
Here, a group of prisoners are walking in circles in the courtyard, getting some exercise. On the right-hand side, the guards are keeping an eye on them. Most of the inmates seem preoccupied with their own musings – except for one – the artist himself, who raises his head and looks directly at the viewer. His red hair, adds a splash of color, to th...
Van Gogh particularly admired the work of Realist painter Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) and copied several of his paintings. He felt that the French artist was a kindred spirit as he too wanted to depict the true life of peasants. In Noon Rest from Work, Van Gogh transforms Millet’s pastel artwork. By using his trademark brushwork and contrastin...
Another painting by Millet. Van Gogh was almost obsessed with this work and made several copies. At first, he made exact copies. But while in Arles in June 1888, he decided to insert the figure of the sower into one of his own creations. This version is purely Van Gogh. He moves away from the grays and browns of the original work and instead uses v...
Another artist that made it into Van Gogh’s all-time pantheon of artists was Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). In May 1890, while at Saint-Remy, he made a copy after the Dutch master’s The Raising of Lazarus. This is not an exact replica of the original work. Interestingly, Van Gogh decides to leave out the central figure of Jesus in his version. The...
‘’All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art’’ wrote Vincent to his brother Theo on the 15th of July 1888. The artist discovered Japanese prints during his time in Paris and the impact on his work was tremendous. He admired the minimalistic compositions, the bright colors, the lack of linear perspective and the new and unusual points of vi...
In examining the works that Van Gogh chose to copy, we can see a true artist at work. His versions of the works retain his artistic voice and are not overwhelmed by the originals. Notably, the works he copied whilst in Paris or Arles, like The Sower, are of a more optimistic nature. Whilst those produced in Saint-Remy predominantly focus on the the...
This was not the first copy that Van Gogh made of _The Sower_ by Jean-François Millet (1814-1875). Nor was it the last one: it was a painting that Van Gogh greatly admired. He saw the sower as a symbol of the cycle of life: growth, flourishing and the harvest.<br><br>This drawing is based on a black-and-white print of the painting. That led to minor misunderstandings. Take the grains of wheat ...
Sower After Millet from near the end of Van Gogh's career was of a subject that the artist had painted many times over the preceding years, and is an almost exact copy of one of his works painted in 1881. Peasant imagery was of great importance to Van Gogh, who began his career by copying prints of Millet, Corot and other members of the ...
Mar 18, 2022 · An 1888 oil on canvas painting, The Sower, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in November near Arles in southern France. Sowers are a recurring theme in the artist's work, seen by him as a symbol through their work of regeneration and life. The sun is so positioned behind the sower's head as to remind of ...
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Van Gogh regards such a copy as a ‘translation in colour’, comparable to the personal interpretations of pieces of music by performing musicians. He is very well aware of ‘the value and originality and superiority’ of Millet, but also of his own abilities: ‘then I make a point of telling myself, yes I am something, I can do something’.
