![]() I am now at work with another model, a postman in blue uniform, trimmed with gold, a big bearded face, very like Socrates. Van Gogh seems to have painted this one before taking on the whole family. Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888 Marcelle Roulin, whom Van Gogh painted as a baby, photographed in 1955 with a Van Gogh portrait of her father, Joseph Roulin. So the working class family of a postman not only had their portraits painted, but, hanging in their bedroom, they had one of the first Van Gogh collections. Roulin continued to visit him there, and took up correspondence with Theo about his brother’s condition.Īnd in gratitude for sitting as models, Van Gogh gave them a dozen or so paintings, including one of each of their portraits. While Van Gogh thought Joseph Roulin looked like Fyodor Dostoyevsky, he likened the postman’s personality to Socrates for his thoughtfulness and good nature. Soon after writing the above letter, Van Gogh had his famous fight with Gauguin and the following breakdown, and found himself at the Arles hospital. The group of portraits, meanwhile, are arranged nicely on The Roulin Family Wikipedia page. You can read a translation of the full letter here, on a site devoted to Van Gogh’s prolific correspondence. I have made portraits of a whole family, that of the postman whose head I had done previously - the man, his wife, the baby, the young boy, and the son of sixteen, all of them real characters and very French, though they look like Russians. ![]() As he wrote to his brother Theo in early December 1888: The artist painted at least 23 portraits of the members of the Roulin family. Van Gogh had become friends (and drinking buddies) with Joseph Roulin (1841-1903), a postman based at the Gare d’Arles railroad station. Imagine his joy when the Roulin family agreed to sit for him. (Sunflowers and lilacs were free models.) Still, he yearned to paint faces. In February 1888, Van Gogh moved from Paris to Arles in the South of France, where he painted his famous landscapes. But without patrons or money to pay models, he didn’t have the opportunity to paint many aside from those of himself. Vincent Van Gogh loved nothing more than painting portraits. Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize, and which we try to convey by the actual radiance and vibration of our coloring.Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, April 1888 He mentioned "the modern portrait"Įxcited him the most. Van Gogh painted about 20 paintings for Joseph Roulin and his family, and he was very proud of these portraits and wrote to his brother Theo about them. Hospital in Arles, and writing to Van Gogh's family to reassure them of his health, and providing constant solace to the recovering artist. Roulin continued seeing Van Gogh when he committed to the psychiatric In which Van Gogh menaced Gauguin and then sliced off a part of his own ears. Roulin tended to van Gogh in the aftermath of psychotic episode His bold use of color, expressive line and thick application of paint inspired avant garde artistic groups like the Fauves and German Expressionists in the early 20th century. The friendship with Joseph Roulin and his family offered Van Gogh comfort and companionship. Theo in the Netherlands and they became close friends. Van Gogh went there frequently to send paintings to his brother Joseph Roulin worked as the postmaster at the station in Arles. ![]() But after he moved here he found himself lonely and isolated. In 1888, van Gogh moved to Arles, in hope of exploring more artistic sensation in the unspoiltĬountryside. Joseph Roulin is Van Gogh's close friend when he was staying at southern French town Arles during 1888-1889. Vincent van Gogh's Sketches in letters (1890).Vincent van Gogh's Paintings Saint Remy (1889-1890).Vincent van Gogh's Paintings at Auvers sur Oise (1890).Vincent van Gogh's Paintings at Arles (1888-1889). ![]() Vincent van Gogh's Paintings at Paris (1886-1888).Vincent van Gogh's Paintings at Nuenen (1883-1885).Japonaiserie Oiranrn by Vincent van Gogh.The Langlois Bridge at Arles by Vincent van Gogh.Vase with Daisies and Poppies by Vincent van Gogh.Thatched Cottages at Cordeville by Vincent van Gogh.View of Arles, Flowering Orchards by Vincent van Gogh.Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin by Van Gogh.Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent van Gogh.The Mulberry Tree in Autumn by Vincent van Gogh.The Church at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh.The Bedroom At Arles by Vincent van Gogh.Wheat Field With Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh.Fishing Boats On The Beach by Vincent van Gogh.Landscape with Olive Trees by Vincent van Gogh.Red Vineyards At Arles by Vincent van Gogh.Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent van Gogh.Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh.Starry Night over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh.
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