Toulouse-Lautrec de Henri Vincent van Gogh Sun

''Portrait of Vincent van Gogh'' is an 1887 chalk pastel on cardboard by

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

. Toulouse-Lautrec had encountered

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...

, eleven years his senior, when they were both taking lessons at the

open studio A studio or workroom which is made accessible to allcomers, perhaps just in the short term, during an open studio event, where artistic or creative work can be viewed and created collaboratively. An open studio is intended to foster creativity and ...

(''atelier libre'') of

Fernand Cormon Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20 March 1924) was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France. Biograph ...

in Paris from 1886 to 1887. The painting is held by the

Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum () is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opene ...

in Amsterdam, catalogued "d693V/1962". The brightly coloured Impressionist work, mainly of blues, oranges, and yellows, measures . It portrays Van Gogh in early 1887, during the time he was living with his brother,

Theo Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

, in the

Montmartre Montmartre ( , ) is a large hill in Paris's northern 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by Rue Ca ...

district of Paris. He is depicted in profile from the right, learning forward at a table in a bar, with a glass of

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, as if in conversation, at

Café du Tambourin Café du Tambourin was a restaurant in Paris, France. Owned by Agostina Segatori, it was first located at 27 rue de Richelieu, and then in March 1885 reopened at 62 Boulevard de Clichy. Famous painter, Jules Chéret, made a poster for the Cabare ...

on the

Boulevard de Clichy The Boulevard de Clichy () is a famous street of Paris, which lends its name to the Place de Clichy, resulted from the fusion, in 1864, of the roads that paralleled the Wall of the Farmers-General, both inside and out. It extends from the Place d ...

. Van Gogh was rumoured to be having a love affair with the café's proprietor,

Agostina Segatori Agostina Segatori (Ancona 1841–1910 Paris) was a famous model who posed for celebrated painters in Paris, France, such as Édouard Joseph Dantan, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh and Édoua ...

. She had worked as an artists' model, and he painted her at least twice, including '' Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin''. Van Gogh had an arrangement to give artworks to Segatori when he was unable to pay his bills, and he put on an exhibition of his Japanese prints at the café. Their relationship ended acrimoniously when he asked for his early paintings of flowers to be returned. Other portraits of Van Gogh by his contemporaries include the 1886 portrait by John Russell, a drawing of Vincent with his brother Theo by

Lucien Pissarro Lucien Pissarro (20 February 1863 – 10 July 1944) was a landscape painter, printmaker, wood engraver and designer and printer of fine books. His landscape paintings employ techniques of Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism, but he also exhib ...

in 1887, and ''

The Painter of Sunflowers ''The Painter of Sunflowers'' (in French: ''Le Peintre de Tournesols'') is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Paul Gauguin in December 1888. The painting is exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Background The portrait was painted when ...

'' (1888) by

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (, ; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that were distinct fr ...

References

''Vincent van Gogh'', Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887
Van Gogh Museum
''Living with Vincent van Gogh: The homes and landscapes that shaped the artist''
Martin Bailey, p.106
''A Remarkable Friendship: Vincent Van Gogh and John Peter Russell''
Ann Galbally, p.153 1887 paintings Paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Paintings of Montmartre Works about Vincent van Gogh Collections of the Van Gogh Museum {{19C-painting-stub

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