“Was Van Gogh really painting a vase of sunflowers when his friend Gauguin produced this portrait of him? No, he can’t have been: it was December and far too late in the year for sunflowers. But it’s quite probable that Van Gogh painted a copy of one of his own sunflower pictures around this time. The landscape in the background is also fictional: unlike Van Gogh, Gauguin liked to work from his imagination. They often argued about this. This painting refers to their disagreement.
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Later, Van Gogh wrote about this portrait: ‘My face has lit up a lot since, but it was indeed me, extremely tired and charged with electricity as I was then.’
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Paul Gauguin at Van Gogh Museum
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We watched (and appreciated) this video in July. I’d always heard that Gauguin abandoned his family but it was more the other way around.
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That has always bothered me…and either way, I feel bad for the children. It was nice to learn more about his very complex life, though.
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Very interesting!
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Thank you for the post. I do like Gauguin and know he was a controversial artist, but I only knew the basics on that subject. I need to carve out some time today to watch the documentary you linked to. (I saved it to my ‘watch later’ but didn’t have time to watch it yet. I always like learning more about art. 🙂 Have a great day!
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I wish you a healthy and productive week ahead, Sheila. 🙂🌺
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