VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853–1890) Contents The Highlights STILL LIFE WITH CABBAGE AND CLOGS AVENUE OF POPLARS IN AUTUMN THE POTATO EATERS SKULL WITH BURNING CIGARETTE SELF-PORTRAIT WITH STRAW HAT THE WHITE ORCHARD PORTRAIT OF THE POSTMAN JOSEPH ROULIN STILL LIFE: VASE WITH TWELVE SUNFLOWERS VINCENT’S HOUSE IN ARLES (THE YELLOW HOUSE) THE CAFÉ TERRACE ON THE PLACE DU FORUM, ARLES, AT NIGHT PORTRAIT OF DR. GACHET VINCENT’S BEDROOM IN ARLES VINCENT’S CHAIR WITH HIS PIPE THE RED VINEYARD SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BANDAGED EAR THE STARRY NIGHT WHEAT FIELD WITH CYPRESSES IRISES WHEAT FIELD WITH CROWS The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Letters THE CORRESPONDENCE OF VINCENT VAN GOGH The Biography MEMOIR OF VINCENT VAN GOGH by Johanna Gesina van Gogh © Delphi Classics 2012 Version 1 MASTERS OF ART VINCENT VAN GOGH By Delphi Classics, 2012 The Highlights Vincent van Gogh was born at “Markt 29” in Zundert, Netherlands. The flag marks the room in which he was born. The house no longer stands. Zundert today THE HIGHLIGHTS In this section, a sample of some of van Gogh’s most celebrated works are provided, with concise introductions, special ‘detail’ reproductions and additional biographical images. Van Gogh, aged 13 STILL LIFE WITH CABBAGE AND CLOGS This painting was completed while van Gogh was living in The Hague in December, 1881. It is currently located at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and depicts everyday belongings that are typical of other still life subjects in van Gogh’s early works. The ‘earthy’ dark colours are also characteristic of this period. After settling in The Hague, van Gogh called on his cousin-in-law, the painter Anton Mauve, who introduced him to painting in both oil and watercolour. She also lent him the money to set up a studio. Nevertheless, the two soon fell out, possibly over a disagreement about drawing from plaster casts, and Mauve appears to have suddenly grown cold towards van Gogh, choosing not to return a number of his letters. The young artist supposed his relative did not approve of his domestic arrangement with an alcoholic prostitute, Clasina Maria “Sien” Hoornik and her young daughter.