of the Day: Portrait of an Old Man, December 1885. Oil on canvas, 44.4 x 33.7 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

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Man Putting Potatoes in a Sack, 1881

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— vincent vangogh 👨🏻‍🎨 🎨

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From painting trees to hollyhocks was able to invest each canvas like a world teeming with the illusion of life. An essential part of this transformative power was his ability to impart paint itself with vivacious energy, making inanimate pigment into passionate poetry.

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Sulle tracce di è il progetto nato trent'anni sulle tracce dei luoghi fisici e mentali di Vincent, raccontato dalle della storica dell'arte Gloria Fossi e dalle del grande Mario Dondero❤️e Danilo De Marco

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early studies of Dutch women knitting are in the tradition of 17th century Dutch painters like Vermeer or Maes. Vincent's knitters were likely his sisters or local inhabitants. They exude a quiet, reflective mood; suggesting that at this time his life was fulfilling.

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Beach at Scheveningen in Calm Weather, 1882

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▲ Dying ▲
Even sad stories are company. And perhaps that's why you might read such a chronicle, to look into a companionable darkness that isn't yours.
Mark Doty

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A lovely thought. “Frida and Vincent” by Houston born pop artist Jermaine Rogers.

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