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Gauguin's chair

Vincent van GoghDecember 1888 - 1888

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Van Gogh painted this chair as a kind of portrait of his colleague Paul Gauguin during the time he stayed with him in Arles in the south of France. Van Gogh later wrote: 'It is a study of his armchair of dark, red-brown wood, the seat of greenish straw, and in the absent person's place a lighted candlestick and some modern novels.' (See letter to Albert Aurier, 9/10 February 1890). Van Gogh also painted his own chair. Due to their stubborn characters, the cooperation between the two painters was short-lived.

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  • Title: Gauguin's chair
  • Creator: Vincent van Gogh
  • Creator lifespan: 30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890
  • Creator's nationality: Dutch
  • Creator's place of death: Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Creator's place of birth: Zundert
  • Creator's gender: Male
  • Date created: December 1888 - 1888
  • Location created: Arles, France
  • Place Part Of: France
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
  • External Link: Gauguin's Chair
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