The Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art is now open

Bernice D. Brewer September 21, 2021 Van gogh Leave a comment 48 Views


CLEVELAND – A new exhibition featuring four works by Vincent Van Gogh is now available at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The exhibition presents two paintings of masterpieces and two works on paper. One of the paper works of art is an etching, the only one ever created by Van Gogh.

The exhibition is available at the Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Gallery.

Here is a look at each work of art in the exhibition:

Les Grands Platanes (Bronniers in Saint-Rémy)

Vincent Van Gogh | Cleveland Art Museum

Van Gogh captured the yellowing leaves on fabric with a pattern of small red diamonds, visible in the many unpainted areas of the image. After painting this composition, Van Gogh used it to produce a second version in the studio known as The Road Menders in Saint-Rémy (Phillips Collection, Washington, DC). Painted on a traditional canvas covered with a base coat, the second version is more sober, the yellows balanced by larger areas of cool color.

Two poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

Two poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

Vincent Van Gogh | Cleveland Art Museum

Two poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy is an autumnal landscape revealing all the power of the mature style of Van Gogh. The trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey her emotional reaction to the subject.

Dr Gachet

Dr Gachet

Vincent Van Gogh | Cleveland Art Museum

Dr. Gachet is the only etching created by the artist. The artist placed himself under the care of Dr Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small village on the northern outskirts of Paris, on the recommendation of his artist colleague Camille Pissarro. The Doctor was an amateur engraver himself and gave Van Gogh a varnished copper plate, helping him print it on his own small hand press. For his first attempt, Van Gogh depicted Gachet sitting in his garden smoking a pipe.

Landscape with wheelbarrow

Landscape with wheelbarrow

Vincent Van Gogh | Cleveland Art Museum

Landscape with Wheelbarrow is one of the first watercolors the artist created while living in Drenthe, a village in the northeast of the Netherlands with no modern industry. Van Gogh described the barren terrain as beautiful and serene. Created with a limited palette of green and blue, Van Gogh portrayed one of the region’s open fields illuminated by the lilac hues of the evening sky. Working with the medium, he experimented with the visible brushstrokes that would later characterize his oil paintings.

“With the increased public interest in Vincent van Gogh, we wanted to take this opportunity to present a selection of the artist’s true masterpieces,” said William M. Griswold, Director of the CMA. “We look forward to welcoming our visitors to this free facility. “

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The museum recently announced that it will require all employees, volunteers and contractors working on-site at the museum to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 1. Visitors do not need to be vaccinated, but face coverings are required inside the museum, in accordance with a policy in effect at the CMA since August 10.

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