Van Gogh Museumさんのイラストまとめ

📝 'A victory achieved after lifelong work and effort is better than one achieved more quickly’, wrote Vincent to his brother Theo in 1878. Keeping these words in mind, what do you think Vincent would think of the increasing recognition for his work following his death?

Life lessons from Vincent? Vincent often gave his brother Theo advice on all sorts of things. It wasn’t always the most sensible advice: 📝'Theo, I must again recommend that you start smoking a pipe’. Read more about the brothers: https://t.co/QVqb6RLRoa

Shortly after arriving in Paris, Vincent started painting flower still lifes. Why? To practise using different colours and brushstrokes. He also hoped that the subject would sell well. Which of these three would you like on your wall? Read more: https://t.co/oPBtph18CQ

📝 ‘It’s a study I need, for I want to learn. … Heaps of people don’t copy. Heaps of others do copy – for me, I set myself to it by chance, and I find that it teaches and above all sometimes consoles’, wrote Vincent to his brother in 1889.

When Vincent was 29, he met the artist George Hendrik Breitner. The pair headed out together to draw working class people, like at the local soup kitchen. Vincent van Gogh, The Poor and Money (1882); George Hendrik Breitner, Distribution of Soup (1882) @Stedelijk #VanGoghWorks

In 1880, Theo advised his brother Vincent to become an artist. That was the start of a major change in Vincent van Gogh’s life. Theo played a significant role in Vincent’s development as an artist. Read more about the brotherly love: https://t.co/7iQb9y7COz

Vincent became obsessed with colour. To save money, he tried out different colour combinations using threads of coloured wool. This meant he didn’t have to use expensive paint unnecessarily. Vincent van Gogh, Small Bottle with Peonies and Blue Delphiniums (1886) #VanGoghBlossoms

David Hockney was a fan of the iPad from the very beginning, particularly of the drawing app ‘Brushes’. He thinks that Van Gogh would also have liked the device: ‘I mean I suppose today, he'd be doing it on an iPad. he’d draw them on an iPad and send them to his brother probably’

‘I’m very pleased with Blok. He reminds me of things from many years ago. I hope he’ll come again some other Sunday morning’. One of the things that Vincent purchased from Jozef Blok was the magazine The Graphic. He cut out illustrations from the magazine for his collection.

‘… to my mind the same person supplies material for very diverse portraits’, wrote Vincent to his sister Willemien. Adrianus Zuyderland was one of his favourite models in The Hague. #VanGoghPortrays Discover more about Vincent in The Hague: https://t.co/WtQ0V1wXjc