Artworks

1888 · F432 · JH1522

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from The Roulin Family.

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin
Oil on canvas Arles

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin meaning and analysis

Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin belongs to the site node The Roulin Family. 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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Postman Joseph Roulin. Blue uniform, gold buttons, great beard. He was Vincent's closest friend in Arles — a republican postman who drank daily but never judged. Vincent said he was 'ugly as Socrates, but with a heart of gold.'