Vincent van Gogh, 1853 - 1890, Dutch
Spectators in the Arena, 1888
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
A.K.G., Berlin
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This painting was inspired by a diversion at the town bullring.  Van Gogh wrote to Emile Bernard, "...the crowd was magnificent, those great colorful multitudes piled up on above the other on two or three galleries..."