FINAL EXAM Flashcards

Van Gogh, Sorrow, 1880
- lithograph
- Former prostitute and lover. A tragic figure has 5 yr old & pregnant
- Desolation and sorrow. trying to save her but can’t.

Van Gogh, The Weavers, 1884
- Series, oil, pencil & water color
- Based on parents hometown
- Weaving associated with women but men depicted
- Sorrow felt and analogy of crafts - deep connection to rural laborers
- Sense of connection but dont pose a threat to him
- observed them daily, had to get full space so some are manipulated
- Human figures pushed behind machine, no individualized and is taken over by the loom
- as cities evolved lives of artisans becames harder
- complexities of paintings with pollock
- tend to look for effects of modernity in cities but felt in less urban settings
- ruralism is constructed in opposition to the city which creates a binary or backwardness - his approach is one of nostalgia
- class & gender

Van Gogh, Open Bible 1885

Van Gogh, Piles of French Novels, 1887

Van Gogh, Still Life with Plastic Statue, 1888

Van Gogh, Shoes, 1886

Van Gogh, Three Pairs of Shoes, 1886

Van Gogh, Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige), 1887

Van Gogh Self Portrait 1887

Van Gogh, The Sower, 1888

Van Gogh, Night Cafe, 1888

Van Gogh, Portrait of the Postman Roulin 1888

Van Gogh, La Berceuse Madam Roulin, 1889

Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888

Van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888

Van Gogh, Bedroom at Arles, 1888

L: Van Gogh, Chair with Pipe, 1888
R: Van Gogh, Gauguin’s Chair 1888

L: Van Gogh, Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889
R: Van Gogh, Self Portrait with Pipe, 1889

Van Gogh Starry Night 1889

L: Van Gogh, The Corridor of the Asylum, 1889
R: The Vestibule of the ASylum 1889

Van Gogh, Portrait of Dr. Gachet 1890

Van Gogh, Church at Auvers 1890

Van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890

Van Gogh, Tree Roots, 1890










































