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Vincent Van Gogh - The potato eaters
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Vincent Van Gogh - Terrace of a café at night ( Place du Forum )
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Jean Dubuffet -  Jardin d’émail
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Pablo Picasso - Violon
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Vincent Van Gogh - Self Portrait
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Gerrit Rietveld - Rietveld Pavilion
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Claude Monet - Monet's studio boat (Le Bateau atelier)
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Vincent Van Gogh - Pink peach trees (Souvenir de Mauve)
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Giacomo Balla -  Screen with speedline (Paravento con linea di velocità)
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Fernand Léger - Soldiers playing cards
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Marta Pan - Floating sculpture, Otterlo
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Georges Seurat - Le Chahut
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Piet Mondrian - Tableau No. 1
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Umberto Boccioni - Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio
Vincent Van Gogh - The potato eaters
Vincent Van Gogh - Terrace of a café at night ( Place du Forum )
Jean Dubuffet -  Jardin d’émail
Pablo Picasso - Violon
Vincent Van Gogh - Self Portrait
Gerrit Rietveld - Rietveld Pavilion
Claude Monet - Monet's studio boat (Le Bateau atelier)
Vincent Van Gogh - Pink peach trees (Souvenir de Mauve)
Giacomo Balla -  Screen with speedline (Paravento con linea di velocità)
Fernand Léger - Soldiers playing cards
Marta Pan - Floating sculpture, Otterlo
Georges Seurat - Le Chahut
Piet Mondrian - Tableau No. 1
Umberto Boccioni - Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio

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Description

Bright, light colours

In February 1886, Vincent van Gogh goes to live with his brother Theo in Paris. There he becomes acquainted with the painters Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Signac, Gauguin, Seurat and Bernard. Inspired by their work, he begins experimenting with different styles and with bright, light colours.


Self-portraits

During this period, he has the ambition to become a portrait painter and to thus earn a living. In the absence of models, he paints numerous self-portraits, ‘because if I can manage to paint the coloration of my own head, which is not without presenting some difficulty, I’ll surely be able to paint the heads of the other fellows and women as well’.


Dynamic character

Van Gogh is not interested in making photographic portraits. A portrait must also express something of the subject’s emotional state. The colours are still fairly subdued in this self-portrait. Soft blue and green tints dominate the painting. By contrast, the rapid brushstrokes are exuberant, particularly in the background. These give the work a lively and dynamic character.


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