Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands)
Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings made during Vincent van Gogh's early artistic career. Most still lifes made in the Netherlands are dated from 1884 to 1885, when he lived in Nuenen. His works were often in somber colors. Van Gogh experimented with the use of light falling across objects.
Still Life with Coffee Mill, Pipe Case and Jug also Still Life with a Bearded-Man Jar, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F52)
Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles, 1884, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F53). See Van Gogh Museum image for better color quality.
Still Life with Four Stone Bottles, Flask and White Cup, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F50)
Still Life with Earthen Pots and Clogs, 1884, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands (on loan) (F54)
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterized by bold colors and dramatic brushwork that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh's work was beginning to gain critical attention before he died at age 37, by what was suspected at the time to be a suicide. During his lifetime, only one of Van Gogh's paintings, The Red Vineyard, was sold.
Self-Portrait, c.1887, Art Institute of Chicago
Van Gogh's home in Cuesmes; while there he decided to become an artist
Kee Vos-Stricker with her son Jan c. 1879–80
Rooftops, View from the Atelier The Hague, 1882, private collection