Vincent van Gogh

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Gogh, Vincent Willem van (1853-1890), Dutch postimpressionist painter, whose work represents the archetype of expressionism, the idea of emotional spontaneity in painting. For van Gogh all visible phenomena, whether he painted or drew them, seemed to be endowed with a physical and spiritual vitality. The more than 700 letters that van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo constitute a remarkably illuminating record of the life of an artist and a thorough documentation of his unusually fertile output about 750 paintings and 1600 drawings.





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The Vincent van Gogh Information Gallery
Without doubt, this is the first-choice web site on Vincent van Gogh, presenting 900 pages and 870 graphics. You'll find: a detailed biography and chronology of his life, a gallery with a list of all paintings (740 of them online!), a world map (explore the globe for Van Gogh paintings), a photo gallery, a detailed bibliography and many references, an FAQ and an Online-Forum, recent fakes and more. David Brooks' site is a must-see!
 

van Gogh-org
One of the best van Gogh web sites with really detailed background information, including memoirs: selections from "the Memoirs of Jo van Gogh Bonger", a great number of letters by van Gogh, a gallery with many images and passages from letters referring to the paintings, a time line of his life
 

Van Gogh at the Webmuseum
contains some biographical information and many images, categorized: Self-Portraits, Portraits, Irises, Still-Lives with Sunflowers, Views from the Asylum, Works after Millet, Vineyards, Fields and Cypresses, Other Landscapes
Here are all mirror sites of the WebMuseum.
 

Van Gogh at Mark Harden's texas.net Artchive
offers a short biography, links, almost 50 images
 

Genius Ignored: Van Gogh
This is a big chapter (97 K) from Lucius Furius' book "Genius Ignored" on Rembrandt, Vermeer, Bach, Thoreau, Melville, van Gogh, Nabokov, and Casablanca, available on the Web. This article on van Gogh offers a useful, fresh perspective on Van Gogh's life and work. It includes many quotations from his letters to friends.
 

Van Gogh's Paintings
offering links and ten paintings
 

Van Gogh's bedroom
3D-reconstruction of van Gogh's bedroom: This was a scene that he painted several times, each one being slightly different to the other. Pete Clement's version is different again in that it is a rendered view taken from a 3d model of the entire room.
Note: The site is currently closed. A re-opening on a new server is announced for November.
 

Paintings on Stamps: van Gogh
an informative philatelic site, in the section "Stamps Art Gallery" you'll find some interesting Van Gogh stamps (The Starry Night and many flower paintings)
 

Electronic Postcards
Send and electronic postcard to a mail friend, you may select 4 motifs by van Gogh



Self-portraits

van Gogh self-portraits, images from: The Web Museum - Vincent van Gogh


 

Arret sur Couleurs
A site which deals with the construction of a painting from the working drawing through to the final oil painting, including "La méridienne (d'après Millet)" by Vincent van Gogh
 

Van Gogh in Nuenen
This site presents spots painted by Vincent van Gogh during his stay in Nuenen (1883-1885).
 

Vincent van Gogh
some images, very large-sized (up to 500 K), and some explanations
 

Vincent van Gogh
offers a biography, an analysis of The Starry Night, important dates, bibliography, web resources and 6 paintings
 

Arts Corner at Peter Web
some text information, almost 20 images
 

MacroArt
biography, images (portraits, landscapes, flowers, asylum) When I visited the site (three times): not a single image was online: file not found
 

Van Gogh Museum
a short description of the Amsterdam Museum, visitor information, some images and aexhibition schedule by Gallery Guide
 

Masterprints Gallery
two rooms with almost 20 large-sized prints, you may order online 16 prints by van Gogh, furthermore: Monet, Dali, Renoir, Picasso, Dali, Magritte
 


Stamps

van Gogh stamps, images from: Paintings on Stamps: van Gogh Stamps


 

Isabel Art Gallery
nice site, repoductions of masterpieces, huge number paintings by van Gogh to be found in the text version
 

Genius T-shirts
T-Shirts for $ 18 and sweat-shirts for $ 33 with "The Starry Night"
 

Wild Ties
Starry night motif on a tie (25.99 $)
 

America's T-Shirt Catalog
Einstein, Mark Twian, Leonardo and 25 impressionist paintings on a T-shirt: van Gogh's Starry Night, Irises, Bedroom, ....
 

Van Gogh's Ear
order the latex replica, or download the image for free.

They tell us: "In December 1888 in Arles, France, an argument took place between the artists Gauguin and Van Gogh during which Van Gogh, in a fit of madness, attacked him with a razor, Gauguin in fear of his life fled from Arles to Paris. Vincent then turning the razor on himself removed his ear. Vincent wrapped the ear and gave it to a local prostitute."

But we know better from the van Gogh-org web site:

"When Vincent was admitted to the hospital it was noted that his ear was "mutilated" and that a small section (of the ear) appeared to be missing. It was stated that a bloody handkerchief had been recovered at a brothel where Vincent had gone during the incident. He attempted to present the handkerchief to one of the prostitutes, she became hysterical, and lost consciousness. Vincent was arrested and taken to the hospital for his own protection."
 



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