Van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, oil on canvas, 24 x 19-11/16 inches (Fogg, Harvard Art Museums) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. This self portrait was painted for Paul Gauguin as part of swap between the artists. Van Gogh chose to represent himself with monastic severity. The other painting is Paul Gauguin's Self-Portrait Dedicated to Vincent van Gogh (Les Misérables). Gauguin's title is a reference to the heroic fugitive, Jean Valjean, in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
This is definitely a "the more you know" situation. I would've looked at this and saw some guy. It wouldn't have screamed, "WHOA, what modernity and risk! The nerve!" I would've seen the cyan background and shrugged - not marveled at this being the first time an artist has used this color... It's amazing how your perception changes with knowledge. I've certainly never heard of an artist altering their own features as an expression of admiration for another culture. Very interesting.
You've put your finger on it. Knowing something of the political, social, economic, technical, or personal history transforms how we see a work of art, it enriches how we see and I think, that richer seeing in turn creates a richer understanding not only of our appreciation for the object but also our understanding of history itself.
@@smarthistory-art-history I can absolutely hear your voice saying this, lol. But that's so much of what I come here for - you guys are consistently amazing at providing those insights and help me go so far beyond merely glancing at art. It's powerful and doesn't get old. ❤
Thank you for all these videos - they're consistently wonderful. Just a quick comment: Because of damage in transit, it was Gauguin who painted the background here after he received it from Van Gogh, so it's a composite work.
Is this true? I'm working on an essay about this painting and what you said there would obviously change a lot.
to me the green background justifies the green reflections in his face, not that he always needed justification for crazy colors but it sort of places the painting a tiny bit more in reality
Hi all, after 12 years of research I I can say that this is not the painting that Vincent give to Gauguin , I invite you to discover for yourselves that this is not the painting that really Vincent give to Gauguin , is a painting from Vincent yes but not the one that give to Gauguin , I invite you to read the letters from Vincent to Theo and to Gauguin,
September 16, 1888, Letter to Theo. First mention.
October 3, 1888 ( 544 ) Letter to Gauguin. Second mention.
October 7, 1888 ( 545 ) Leter to Theo. Third mention.
So only with his letter is clear that must be more than one painting. You don,t need to be an expert to see that he is not talking about the same painting all the time AT ALL.
Will be good if you can check that book, where you can find more information about, ¨ My Friend Vincent ¨ by Berislav ¨ I hope you enjoy it and discover there the most important painting of Van Gogh live, he deserves it, Cheers