Description: The incredible and revolutionary story of a Vincent van Gogh self portrait painting, oil on canvas, after Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Self-Portrait as the Apostle Paul, 1661.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
"It is legitimate to think that van Gogh was inspired by its favourite's painters for the art of portrait, Rembrandt and Delacroix."
From introduction:Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov.
Musée d'Orsay. http://www.petroz.com
Found at Geneva flea market by Jules Petroz, watch video, a revolution in the art world. Parisian period 1885 1886, when living in Paris, with his brother Theo. When Vincent van Gogh was confronted to artists such as Paul Gauguin, Seurat, Signac,Emile Bernard, Toulouse-Lautrec,Anquetin, John Russell, Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin,
« Histoire de moi ou l'histoire des autoportraits»
THALIA Collection initiation à l'art. Décembre 2006
Pages 224-225
A fortieth self portrait ?
There are many things left to discover about one of the most famous painters in the world.
Jules Petroz
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