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Portrait of Armand Roulin
Vincent van Gogh1888
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
About Portrait of Armand Roulin
While staying in Arles in the south of France, Van Gogh befriended the station postal clerk Joseph Roulin. He portrayed the whole family: the postal clerk, his wife, their baby daughter and also their son, who can be seen here. The 17 year old Armand, with his downy moustache and gloomy look, is a true adolescent.
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- Title: Portrait of Armand Roulin
- Creator: Vincent van Gogh
- Creator Lifespan: 1853 - 1890
- Creator Nationality: Dutch
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Auvers-sur-Oise, France
- Creator Birth Place: Zundert, the Netherlands
- Date Created: 1888
- Theme: Portrait
- Physical Dimensions: w54 x h65 cm (Without Frame)
- Painter: Vincent van Gogh
- Original Title: Portret van Armand Roulin
- Artist Information: Vincent van Gogh was the son of a pastor and a preacher himself for a while. After he was dismissed in 1880 from his position as preacher in the poor mine region of Borinage in Belgium, he chose the life of an artist. Until 1886 Van Gogh wandered round the Netherlands. His paintings from this period are dark in tone and examples of the difficult life of a peasant. In 1886, Van Gogh left for Paris where his brother Theo had a gallery. He got to know artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat and Gauguin, and these had considerable influence on his work. His colour palette became lighter and he experimented with an impressionistic style of painting. In 1888, Van Gogh settled in Arles; his friend Gauguin would later follow him there. Here, Van Gogh's mental health deteriorated, which led, among other things, to the famous incident when he cut off a piece of his ear. He left around 1250 paintings and 1000 water colours, sketches and drawings, and also an extensive correspondence with his brother Theo.
- Provenance: Acquired with the collection of: D.G. van Beuningen 1958
- Type: Painting
- Rights: http://collectie.boijmans.nl/en/disclaimer/
- External Link: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
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