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
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
No surviving letter explains why the two books are set side by side.
- 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 dark period could no longer continue unchanged.
- The Translator
- The Colour Experimenter