Vincent van Gogh, “The Langlois Bridge at Arles”, May 1888, oil on canvas, Wallraf-Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne.
Van Gogh survey opens at the MFAH ‘Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art’ explores the artist through rarely loaned paintings and drawings from throughout the decade of his career. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10 to June 27, 2019.]]>
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Few artists have left behind as complete an account of their life and work as Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents “Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art”, an exhibition showcasing key passages in the artist’s life, from his early sketches to his final paintings, and chronicling his pursuit of becoming an artist. “His Life in Art” presents more than 50 portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.
The exhibition explores Vincent van Gogh’s early years as an artist in the Dutch village of Nuenen from 1883 to 1885; his renewed inspiration following exposure to fellow artists and city life in Paris; his further development in Arles, where he created series of landscapes and vibrant portraits; and lastly his inspiration from nature, reflected in the paintings he created toward the end of his life in Saint-Rémy and Auvers. In addition, facsimiles of Van Gogh’s letters build out the narrative of the artist’s life. Incorporated throughout the exhibition, they trace his hopes of becoming a marketable painter in Paris, his longing to live among a community of artists, and his struggles with his personal relationships and his mental health.
“This exhibition will offer visitors a vivid portrait of Van Gogh’s evolution as an artist,” commented MFAH Director Gary Tinterow. “We are grateful to the Van Gogh and Kröller-Müller museums for lending so many of these rarely traveled masterworks from their collections for this exclusive presentation here in Houston.”
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