Artworks

1888 · F496 · JH1630

Memory of the Garden at Etten

Memory of the Garden at Etten, 1888. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from Gauguin Arrives.

Memory of the Garden at Etten
Oil on canvas Arles

Memory of the Garden at Etten meaning and analysis

Memory of the Garden at Etten belongs to the site node Gauguin Arrives. That node places the work inside Van Gogh's letters, places and changing painterly abilities rather than isolating it as a single image.

Its strongest period signal is Van Gogh Arles Period.

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Memory of the Garden at Etten. Gauguin's first lesson: don't paint from life, paint from memory. This was his first attempt — mother and sister walking in the garden, but shapes begin to dissolve, colour blocks replacing contours. Gauguin's influence starts here.