Vincent van Gogh, Shoes, September-November 1886, Paris, oil on canvas, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Title: Shoes, 1886
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
I am continuing to explore Van Gogh’s creative journey throughout his short but extraordinary career with his interpretations of shoes. A subject unusual for Van Gogh’s day when artists normally painted still lifes of flowers, food, combined with objects like vases, chinaware, or bottles. The painting above was done in Paris probably in the autumn of 1886, during his two year stay there with his brother Theo. While the version below is a result of his Arles period, created in 1888, likely in the Yellow House, which he rented and also shared with friend and colleague Paul Gauguin.
Which pair would you prefer to wear?
(You migh alsot like to venture into the 20th century with the works of shoe aficionado Andy Warhol.)
Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas, Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation, Gift, 1992, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Title: Shoes, 1888
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Shoes
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Shoes
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