The exhibition concentrated on Van Gogh’s time in England, where he saw a lot of different artists’ work in exhibitions and galleries, and was influenced by what he saw. This one for instance.
It’s called ‘Autumn Landscape’. Van Gogh saw a painting by Hobbema in the National Gallery, a perspective of trees, which he admired and he used the motif of an avenue of trees disappearing into the distance in his letters and pictures. This one was painted two years later, so the image obviously stayed with him.
The painting below is called ‘Bois de Boulogne with People Walking’; it too uses the same motif
It was painted a year after ‘Autumn Landscape’, when Van Gogh was living in Paris and was also influenced by the impressionists.
It was painted a year after ‘Autumn Landscape’, when Van Gogh was living in Paris and was also influenced by the impressionists.
Some of the drawings were quite stunning, like this one, ‘Worn Out’.
This one was influenced by a print of the same name he had seen in London, by a Scottish artist. Van Gogh wrote that he was also thinking of a scene in the the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher-Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. Themes like this were common in some contemporary literature, such as Dickens ‘Hard Times’. It was an image Van Gogh returned to many times, in both drawings and paintings.
This is the familiar theme of the avenue of trees again, though winding this time.
This is ‘Yellow Tulips and Statuette’, by Samuel Peploe, one of the Scottish Colourists. It contains objects seen in Van Gogh’s still lives, though the notes also point out the influence of Cézanne and Matisse. There was another Peploe in the exhibition, which I also liked very much.
It attracted a lot of attention, becoming famous for its association with the artist’s poor hard-working life. In this exhibition, it was hung close to a similar painting by William Nicholson, called ‘Miss Jekyll’s Gardening Boots’. Apparently, the artist was commissioned to paint Gertrude Jekyll, but she refused to interrupt her work. So he copied Van Gogh and just painted her rather worn boots!
It’s called ‘Farms Near Auvers’. It’s full of movement and colour and is one of two paintings he was working on when he died.
This one was influenced by a print of the same name he had seen in London, by a Scottish artist. Van Gogh wrote that he was also thinking of a scene in the the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher-Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. Themes like this were common in some contemporary literature, such as Dickens ‘Hard Times’. It was an image Van Gogh returned to many times, in both drawings and paintings.
I liked this rather more cheerful one, ‘Path in the Woods’.
This is the familiar theme of the avenue of trees again, though winding this time.
As well as showing paintings by artists who influenced Van Gogh, there were also paintings by artists who were influenced by him. I absolutely love this one.
This is ‘Yellow Tulips and Statuette’, by Samuel Peploe, one of the Scottish Colourists. It contains objects seen in Van Gogh’s still lives, though the notes also point out the influence of Cézanne and Matisse. There was another Peploe in the exhibition, which I also liked very much.
The next one, ‘Shoes’, was shown in Van Gogh’s first London exhibition in 1923.
It attracted a lot of attention, becoming famous for its association with the artist’s poor hard-working life. In this exhibition, it was hung close to a similar painting by William Nicholson, called ‘Miss Jekyll’s Gardening Boots’. Apparently, the artist was commissioned to paint Gertrude Jekyll, but she refused to interrupt her work. So he copied Van Gogh and just painted her rather worn boots!
There were of course many more famous paintings, ‘Starry Night’, ‘Self Portrait’ and of course, ‘Sunflowers’. I have preferred this rather less well-known one.
It’s called ‘Farms Near Auvers’. It’s full of movement and colour and is one of two paintings he was working on when he died.
My iPad is full of the photos I took of this exhibition, I enjoyed it so much but I can’t publish them all!
July concluded with a week long visit from my daughter-in-law and 2 children, which kept us very busy!
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