3 Gogh.art nodes · Nuenen / Antwerp
1885
1885 is the height of the dark Nuenen world: peasants, weavers and The Potato Eaters turn painting into an ethical burden.
- The Ferocious Reader
- The Colour Experimenter
- The Copyist
- Synaesthetic Precision
- The Translator
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The Potato Eaters
The picture brought him no success, but he finally knew what he was painting for.
- The Ferocious Reader
- The Colour Experimenter
Still Life with Bible
He did not explain what it meant to set those two books side by side. Sometimes a painting is a position, and needs no footnote.
- The Ferocious Reader
- The Colour Experimenter
Antwerp Academy
He lived hard up in Antwerp, yet he still put his money and attention into materials, prints, and things worth looking at.
- The Translator
- The Colour Experimenter