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 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.
Technically, the page connects this work to Van Gogh Oil on Canvas , Van Gogh Brushstroke Analysis . The related map below shows these connections.
Postman Joseph Roulin sits against a pale-blue background in a dark-blue uniform; gold buttons, sleeve trim and the POSTES lettering on his cap stand out. On 19 January 1889 Van Gogh wrote, 'there's an enormous amount of Socrates in him, ugly as a satyr as Michelet said', then continued with Michelet's image of a god.