Vincent van Gogh | Field with Irises near Arles, 1888

Van Gogh was captivated by the colours of the landscape around the town of Arles (FR).

He particularly loved the contrast between the yellow and purple flowers in the fields.

In the landscape, he felt he could see a reflection of the world he knew from his collection of Japanese prints.

Japanese artists used large areas of colour in their compositions, often with a sharp diagonal.

They also regularly zoomed in on a detail in the foreground.

Van Gogh adopted these elements in his paintings.

Vincent van Gogh | Field with Irises near Arles, May 1888 | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Vincent van Gogh | The white orchard, 1888

The White Orchard is an oil on canvas (60.0 x 81.0 cm) by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), created in Arles, in April, 1888.

The painting is part of the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

The perspective chosen by Van Gogh guides your gaze upward into the tangle of branches.

Looking at the painting, you feel as if you are in the middle of the flowering trees.

Soon after Van Gogh arrived in Arles, the spring came.

Paul Cézanne | The Fishermen (Fantastic scene), 1875

"The Fishermen" (Fantastic scene) is an Impressionist oil on canvas painting created by Paul Cézanne in 1875.

It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

The critic Georges Rivière admired this painting at the 1877 Impressionist exhibition, writing:

"It is strikingly majestic and extraordinarily calm.

It seems that the scene takes place in [Cézanne's] memory while he turns the pages of his life".

Paul Cézanne at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York City houses one of the world's most significant collections of works by Paul Cézanne, featuring over 20 of his paintings and numerous works on paper, spanning his entire career from his early expressive portraits to his late, monumental landscapes and still lifes.

His landscapes, still lifes, and portraits are primarily on view at the 19th and Early 20th Century European Paintings and Sculpture galleries (Gallery 826 and surrounding areas).

Alphonse Osbert | Pittore simbolista

Alphonse Osbert (Parigi, 1857-1939) è stato un pittore Francese, esponente del Simbolismo.

Nato a Parigi nel 1857 in una famiglia della buona borghesia, entrò all'École des Beaux-Arts nell'atelier di Henri Lehmann, dove fu compagno di studi di Seurat e di Aman-Jean.

Vincent van Gogh | I Girasoli, 1888-1889

I Girasoli sono una serie di dipinti ad olio su tela realizzati tra il 1888-1889 dal pittore Vincent van Gogh.

Tra i soggetti preferiti dal pittore, sono oggi tra le sue opere più riconoscibili e note presso il grande pubblico.

Storia

Già a Parigi, nella tarda estate del 1887, l'artista dipinse alcuni girasoli recisi, facenti parte di una serie oggi divisa tra il Metropolitan Museum di New York, il Kröller-Müller Museum di Otterlo, il Museo Van Gogh di Amsterdam e il Kunstmuseum di Berna.

Robert Antoine Pinchon | Pittore post-impressionista

Claude Monet affermava che Pinchon era dotato di "Un tocco sorprendente al servizio di un occhio sorprendente".

Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886-1943), appartenente alla Scuola di Rouen (École de Rouen), fu un maestro del Post-impressionismo.

Per tutta la sua carriera fu costante nella dedizione alla pittura di paesaggi En plein air.

Odilon Redon | Still Life

Odilon Redon's still life paintings are known for their vibrant colors, dreamlike atmosphere, and Symbolist style.

Unlike traditional still lifes that seek realism, Redon's works are visual meditations that place the visible in the service of the invisible, evoking emotion and imagination.