Van Gogh - Two Peasant Women Digging in the Snow

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Prisoner's Round.

Another of his famous paintings is Two Peasant Women Digging in the Snow.

In 1890 when Van Gogh was sick and went to the hospital, he had a hard time talking or writing, but he could still paint.
He used some other people's paintings as inspiration for his paintings.

The painting of two peasant women digging in the snow was inspired by a painting from artist Jean-François Millet.


(from: wikipedia - copies by Vincent van Gogh)


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Van Gogh - Prisoner's Round

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin.

Another famous painting by Van Gogh is Prisoner's Round painted in 1890.

Van Gogh went through a time where he was making his own version of other people's art.

The Prisoners' Round was originally made by a Russian artist named Gustav Dore.



(from: wikipedia - prisoners' round (after gustave doré))


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Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Le Facteur: Joseph Roulin.

Roulin was a friend of Van Gogh's, that lived near where he was so he painted self portraits of him.


(from: wikipedia - portraits by vincent van gogh)


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Café Terrace at Night - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting of the Great Peacock Moth.

Another of his famous paintings is Café Terrace at Night.

His most famous painting of Starry Night was part of a group of three paintings.
The first one was about a Cafe that he visited and then painted in 1888.

The other is called Starry Night Over the Rhône, which he also painted in 1988.
Both of these were before the more famous Starry Night, and were the inspiration for him to make his most famous painting.


(from: wikipedia - cafe terrace at night)


(from: wikipedia - starry night over the rhone)


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Great Peacock Moth - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting of Irises by Van Gogh.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is the Great Peacock Moth.

He painted it in 1889, when he made a few different paintings of butterflies and moths.

Van Gogh felt liked the idea of people transforming, so he liked thinking about the way caterpillars do that too.


(from: wikipedia - butterflies (van gogh series))


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Irises - Van Gogh

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting of Trees and Undergrowth.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is of Irises.

He painted this when he was at the Saint-Paul Asylum, where he made lots of paintings of flowers.

Van Gogh liked to paint a lot and he thought it helped make him feel better.

He called it "the lightning conductor for my illness"


(from: wikipedia - irises (painting))


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Trees and Undergrowth - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Trees and Undergrowth, from 1887.

During his time at the Saint Remy, Van Gogh made some paintings of the outdoors, that were called sous-bois which is French for undergrowth.
This style of painting was used by a lot of other impressionists, and Van Gogh was making paintings in their style.


(from: wikipedia - trees and undergrowth)


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Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital - Van Gogh

We just learned about the painting Trees in the Garden in Front of the Entrance to Saint-Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings is Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital.

Van Gogh was in the hospital for a long time, even through the winter.
So when the garden was not green and fresh, he painted the pine trees that were still green.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series))


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Trees in the Garden in Front of the Entrance to Saint-Paul Hospital - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting A Corner of Saint-Paul Hospital and the Garden with a Heavy, Sawed-Off Tree.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is Trees in the Garden in Front of the Entrance to Saint-Paul Hospital.

Van Gogh always loved gardens and felt that they had a special healing power.

When he was at the hospital, he looked at the garden many times and made paintings of the flowers and trees.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint remy (van gogh series))


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A Corner of Saint-Paul Hospital and the Garden with a Heavy, Sawed-Off Tree - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Corridor in Saint Paul Hospital.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is called A Corner of Saint-Paul Hospital and the Garden with a Heavy, Sawed-Off Tree.

While he was in the hospital, one of the corners really stood out to him because of a hill with a tree that had been struck by lightning, some benches, and the colors in nature.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint remy (van gogh series))


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Corridor in Saint-Paul Hospital - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh - Hospital at Saint-Rémy-de -Provence.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings from when he was in that hospital is the Corridor in Saint-Paul Hospital.

When he was in the hospital, there were hallways there that he thought felt very lonely, so he painted them to try and show how they made him feel.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series))


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Van Gogh - Hospital at Saint-Rémy-de -Provence

We just learned about the Van Gogh - Portrait of Dr. Felix Rey.

Another Van Gogh's painting is of the Hospital at Saint-Rémy-de -Provence.

About 5 months after Van Gogh was in the hospital for his ear getting cut off, he went to an asylum where he could get help to get his mind right.

He stayed at this asylum for a year, and made many paintings while he was there.


(from: wikipedia - saint-paul asylum, saint-remy (van gogh series))


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Van Gogh - Portrait of Dr. Felix Rey

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting Garden of the Hospital in Arles.

Another one of Van Gogh's famous paintings is the Portrait of Dr. Felix Rey.

While he was in the hospital with his injured ear, there was a nice doctor who helped take care of Van Gogh.
He wrote about this doctor to his brother Theo and said he was "brave, hardworking, and always helping people".

So as a thank you to the doctor, Van Gogh made a portrait of Dr. Felix Rey and gave it to him.
The doctor's mother didn't like the portrait, and she used it to cover a hole in a chicken coop!

Later on the painting was sold to an art dealer, and today is worth over $50 million.


(from: wikipedia - hospital in arles)


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Van Gogh - Garden of the Hospital in Arles

We just learned about Van Gogh's painting of Sunflowers.

Another of Van Gogh's famous paintings is the Garden of the Hospital in Arles.

In 1888, Van Gogh had a breakdown and cut off his ear.

He went to the hospital, and while he was there he made this famous painting.


(from: wikipedia - hospital in arles)


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Sunflowers - Van Gogh

We just learned about the group of Van Gogh paintings called the Saintes-Maries.

Another bunch of paintings that Van Gogh made was of some Sunflowers.

Around 1888 he made four different sunflower paintings, each one just a little different.





(from: wikipedia - vincent van gogh)


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Saintes-Maries - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh paintings Langlois Bridge at Arles.

Another group of Van Gogh paintings is called Saintes-Maries.

In 1888 when Van Gogh was in France, he went on a trip to a town called Saintes-Maries that is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
He made many paintings and drawings while he was there because he really liked the way the sea was so many colors like blue, pink, gray, green or purple.



(from: wikipedia - saintes-maries (van gogh series))


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Langlois Bridge at Arles - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh painting Bedroom in Arles.

Another group of paintings by Van Gogh is Langlois Bridge at Arles.

Van Gogh made 4 oil paintings, 1 drawing, and 4 water colors of this bridge.
When he was in France he saw this bridge over the water, and with the windmills drawbridges and cottages it reminded him of the Netherlands where he grew up.



(from: wikipedia - langlois bridge at arles)


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Bedroom in Arles - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Van Gogh's Chair.

Another famous Van Gogh painting is Bedroom in Arles made in 1888.

This is a painting of Van Gogh's room when he was living in the Yellow House in France.

He actually painted this room three different times.




(from: wikipedia - bedroom in arles)


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Van Gogh's Chair - Van Gogh

We just learned about the The Yellow House.

Another of his famous works of art is Van Gogh's Chair, painted in 1888 in Arles France.

It is a painting of a simple chair made of woven straw over a tile floor.
In the background is a box of onions, with the name "Vincent" on the box.


(from: wikipedia - van gogh's chair)


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The Yellow House - Van Gogh

We just learned about the Portrait of Pere Tanguy.

Another of Van Gogh's paintings was The Yellow House made in 1888.

This house was a place that Van Gogh lived and painted in France, and worked with one of his friends Paul Gauguin for a while.


(from: wikipedia - the yellow house)


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