The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
van Gogh, Vincent Oil on Canvas
51 X 64 cm
1888
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in
Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Van Gogh was
a post-impressionist painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and
color, highly influenced 20th-century art. He struggled with mental illness, and
remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh died in France on July 29, 1890, at
age 37, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.1888
http://www.biography.com/people/vincent-van-gogh-9515695
‘The Mediterranean Sea is a mackerel color: in other words,
changeable – you do not always know whether it is green or purple, you do not
always know if it is blue, as the next moment the ever-changing sheen has
assumed a pink or a gray tint,’ Van Gogh wrote from Les
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. In this fishing village, Vincent painted the effects
of light on the sea, with small fishing vessels returning with the catch. The
large bright red signature is striking: ‘because I wanted to have a red note in
the green.’
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2679&collection=1282&lang=en
All paintings were selected solely on the basis that they fit within the theme of boats or ships, and that I felt emotionally moved by them
All paintings were selected solely on the basis that they fit within the theme of boats or ships, and that I felt emotionally moved by them
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