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Original Painting |
Van
Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890)
Memory of the Garden at Etten
(Ladies of Arles). 1888
Oil on Canvas, The Hermitage Museum
Original: 73,5 x 92,5 cm
The copying
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 This painting was
produced at Arles, in Provence, to which van Gogh moved in February 1888,
embarking upon 15 months of frenetic painting - he produced over 200
canvases, despite or perhaps because of his depression and nervous crises.
This painting recalls his native Holland and the garden of his parents'
house at Etten. The artist's impressions of the bright sun and resonant
colours of the south were combined with nostalgia for home. Working in
Arles alongside Gauguin, he came under the strong influence of the
latter's style, which can be seen in the flattened space and the broad
areas of colour outlined with thick contours. But van Gogh's powerful
romantic temperament demanded expression in a more dramatic style that was
to be found in Gauguin's work, and he used intense colouring and rough
surface texture to create an individual artistic language which expressed
both the energy and drama of life. |
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