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A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage
A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage
Netherlands · Realism · 1880–1890 · Oil on canvas
Landscape with Wheelbarrow
Landscape with Wheelbarrow
Netherlands · 1883 · watercolor and opaque watercolor with black chalk on cream paper
Weeping Woman
Weeping Woman
Netherlands · 1883 · Black and white chalk
Tetards (Pollards)
Tetards (Pollards)
Netherlands · 1884 · Pen and brown ink
Avenue of Pollard Birches and Poplars
Avenue of Pollard Birches and Poplars
Netherlands · 1884 · Reed pen and iron-gall ink on tan laid paper
The Potato Eaters
The Potato Eaters
Early Van Gogh · 1885 · Nuenen
Dark, muddy, deliberately ugly. Van Gogh wrote that he wanted to show hands that had dug the earth eating the potatoes those hands had grown. His breakthrough, though critics hated it.
Self-Portrait (Van Gogh)
Self-Portrait (Van Gogh)
Post-Impressionism · 1887
A Paris self-portrait, jacket gray-green, hat a pale block. Van Gogh painted 35+ self-portraits across his career; this one marks his turn toward the dotted Impressionist brushwork he would soon abandon for thicker, louder color.
Gogh: Self-Portrait
Gogh: Self-Portrait
Netherlands · Post-Impressionism · 1887 · Oil on artist's board
Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)
Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)
Netherlands · Impressionism · 1887 · Oil on canvas
Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Post-Impressionism · 1888
Painted in Arles to decorate Gauguin's guest bedroom. Van Gogh made seven versions; in letters, he called them an ode to gratitude.
Café Terrace at Night
Café Terrace at Night
Post-Impressionism · 1888 · Arles
The yellow terrace still stands in Arles (renamed after the painting). No black in the night sky — deep cobalt blue everywhere instead. Van Gogh's first major work done at night.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom
Post-Impressionism · 1888
Van Gogh's own room at the Yellow House in Arles — painted flat, walls tilted, colors simplified to "rest the mind." Three versions survive; he made the second from memory in a mental hospital.
The Poet's Garden
The Poet's Garden
Netherlands · Post-Impressionism · 1888 · Oil on canvas
Landscape at Arles
Landscape at Arles
Netherlands · 1888 · Pen and brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper
The Starry Night
The Starry Night
Post-Impressionism · Van Gogh · 1889
Painted from the window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy, from memory. The village below is imagined; the swirling sky he said he could actually see.
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
Netherlands · 1889 · oil on fabric
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Netherlands · 1889 · oil on fabric
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse)
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse)
Netherlands · Post-Impressionism · 1889 · Oil on canvas
Weeping Tree
Weeping Tree
Netherlands · 1889 · Reed pen and black-brown ink
Cypresses
Cypresses
Netherlands · 1889 · Pen and reed pen and brown inks and graphite on cream wove paper
Dr. Gachet
Dr. Gachet
Netherlands · 1890 · Etching and drypoint, enhanced with black ink on laid paper
The Drinkers
The Drinkers
Netherlands · Post-Impressionism · 1890 · Oil on canvas
Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground
Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground
Netherlands · 1890 · Charcoal
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Netherlands · 1890 · Etching in black on tan wove paper