Waterccolors by Diane

Vincent Willem Van Gogh👨‍🎨🎨🇳🇱
Dutch (1853-1890)
post-Impressionist
Painted in the summer of 1886, Still Life: 'Vase with Gladioli and Lilacs' is one of the group of flower paintings that Theo here describes and in which Vincent would develop the love of colour that would from now on mark his greatest paintings.
This was a huge contrast to the greys that had dominated so many of Vincent's recent paintings in Holland. He now discovered a wider palette, exploring the possibilities of a newly invigorated range of colours and, importantly, of the juxtaposition of those colours. ..............
" Still Life: Vase with gladioli and lilacs " Paris in summer 1886
oil on canvas 27 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (69 x 33.5 cm.)
Christie's 2006 | Live Auction 7243 - Closed: 20 Jun 2006
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
Still Life: 'Vase with Gladioli and Lilacs' dates from the very moment of development, recognition and maturity for Vincent, the moment at which this now legendary adventure truly began.
In this work, the bold use of the blocks of pure and untrammelled oils that make up the plants and their petals form an ornate and intense tapestry that makes the painting pulse with life, revealing the true dawn of Vincent's celebrated colourism.
Vincent's exposure to life in Paris brought about many changes and introduced new ideas and influences to him.
Amongst the works Vincent saw in Paris at first-hand, which must have been a revelation to him, were those of the Impressionists.
By 1886, though, the Impressionist movement had changed and was no longer the school of Monet and Sisley, but instead was dominated by the Neo- and Post-Impressionists. From these, Vincent gleaned a combination of ideas about colour and expression in art. The brushstrokes in Still Life: Vase with Gladioli and Lilacs hint at the influence of Seurat and other artists exploring the potential of Pointillism, while the pure sense of expression appears to align him more with the Post-Impressionists and can be seen even to prefigure his famous friendship with Gauguin, so imminent now.
However, he was certainly on his own path, influenced by the potential of the 'Impressionists', but instead creating his own distinct colourism......
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