Collection of Van Gogh's Paintings

~ Introduction ~

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known, most popular and most expensive pieces.

The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.

Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he cut off part of his left ear following a breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. After this he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.

Self Portraits

Self Portrait of Van Gogh
1889, Oil on canvas, Musee d’Orsay, Paris

Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), Self-Portrait With a Straw Hat and Artist's Smock, 1887.
Oil on cardboard, 40.8 x 32.7 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Self-portrait with bandaged ear,
January 1889
Oil on canvas, 51 × 45 cm
Private Collection

Self Portrait of Van Gogh
1889, Oil on canvas, Musee d’Orsay, Paris

March/April 1887
Oil on pasteboard, 19 × 14 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

1890 Auvers-sur-Oise

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1890 Young Peasant Woman with Straw Hat Sitting in the Wheat.jpg

1890 Wheat Fields with Auvers in the Background

1890 White House at Night, The

1890 Wild Flowers and Thistles in a Vase

1890 Young Girl Standing Against a Background of Wheat

1890 Young Man with Cornflower

1890 Wheat Field with Cornflowers

1890 Wheat Field with Crows version 2

1890 Wheat Fields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky

1890 Wheat Fields near Auvers

1890 Wheat Fields version 3

1890 Village Street and Steps in Auvers with Two Figures

1890 Village Street in Auvers

1890 Vineyards with a View of Auvers

1890 Wheat Field at Auvers with White House

1890 Wheat Field Under Clouded Sky

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Collection of Van Gogh's Paintings

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Self Portraits

1890 Auvers-sur-Oise

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