Décoration for the Yellow House

Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F464)

Décoration for the Yellow House was the main project Vincent van Gogh focused on in Arles, from August 1888 until his breakdown the day before Christmas. This Décoration had no pre-defined form or size; the central idea of the Décoration grew step by step, with the progress of his work. Starting with the Sunflowers, portraits were included in the next step. Finally, mid-September 1888, the idea took shape: from this time on he concentrated on size 30 canvases (Toiles de 30), which were all meant to form part of this Décoration.^[1]

First idea: The Sunflowers, August 1888

Vase with three sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection
Vase with five sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection, Japan, destroyed by fire in World War II on 6 August 1945 [1]
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
(Arles, August 1888)
National Gallery, London

Second step: The Portraits, September - October 1888

Joseph Roulin
(The Postmaster)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Patience Escalier
(The Old Peasant)
Private collection
Eugène Boch
(The Poet)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Paul-Eugène Milliet
(The Lover)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Third step and definite solution: The Toiles de 30-Décoration, October - December 1888

The Night Café
(September 1888)
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yellow House
(September 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Starry Night Over the Rhone
(September 1888)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Public Garden
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Public garden
Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Garden of the Poet III
(October 1888)
Private collection
Railway Bridge
(October 1888)
Private collection
Trinquetaille Bridge
(October 1888)
Private collection
Bedroom in Arles
(October 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Les Alyscamps
(October 1888)
Private collection
The Red Vineyard
(November 1888) sold to Anna Boch ^[1]
Moscow
Vincent's Chair
(November 1888)
National Gallery, London
Gauguin's Armchair
(November 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
In the Library
(November 1888)
Private collection
Souvenir du jardin
(November 1888)
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Les Arènes
(December 1888)
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
L'Arlésienne
(November 1888)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
La Berceuse
(December 1888)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

^ The Red Vineyard, the only painting van Gogh sold during his lifetime

For a related project by Van Gogh executed at the same time, in November/December 1888, see The Roulin Family (Van Gogh series)

Epilogue: The Toiles de 30, January - April 1889

Repetitions

Vase with twelve flowers
(Arles, January 1889)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
(Arles, January, 1889)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
(Arles, January 1889)
Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
La Berceuse
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
L'Arlésienne
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Spring Subjects

View of Arles, Flowering Orchards, spring 1889
Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Continuation

Later, in Saint-Rémy as well as in Auvers, size 30 canvases form the body of Van Gogh's work, and he continued conceiving series and groups of work based on this size. See The Wheat Field, the Copies by Vincent van Gogh and the Display at Les XX 1890, all from Saint-Rèmy, and the Auvers size 30 canvases.

Resources

Notes

↑ This fact, widely neglected for decades, recently seems to have become common knowledge; see Zemel, Schneede.

References

Roland Dorn (1990). Décoration: Vincent van Goghs Werkreihe für das Gelbe Haus in Arles. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-09098-6.

Vincent van Gogh

General	Biography Chronology Health Death Posthumous fame Cultural depictions List of works Post-Impressionism Auberge Ravoux The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

Family	Theo van Gogh Wil van Gogh Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Andries Bonger Theo van Gogh (film director) Anton Mauve Johannes Stricker

Friends	Anthon van Rappard Paul Gachet Paul Gauguin Émile Bernard John Peter Russell Eugène Boch Anna Boch Agostina Segatori

Groups of works	Self portraits Portraits Early works Lost early works Sien Peasant Character Studies Cottages Van Gogh's family in his art Montmartre Le Moulin de la Galette Asnières Seine Wheat Fields Flowering Orchards Almond Blossoms Langlois Bridge at Arles Saintes-Maries Paintings of Children Décoration for the Yellow House The Roulin Family Hospital in Arles Butterflies Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy The Enclosed Wheat Field at Saint-Rémy Trees and Undergrowth Copies by Vincent van Gogh Olive Trees Display at Les XX, 1890 Auvers size 30 canvases Auvers Double-squares and Squares Japonaiserie Sunflowers Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg

Paintings	The 'Laakmolen' near The Hague Girl in White in the Woods Lying Cow Farmhouses Among Trees Bulb Fields Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam Old Church Tower at Nuenen Cart with Black Ox Cart with Red and White Ox Avenue of Poplars in Autumn Still Life with Straw Hat The Potato Eaters Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Poppy Flowers Wheat Field with a Lark View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic Portrait of Père Tanguy A Woman Walking in a Garden Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin Landscape with Snow La Mousmé The Night Café The Yellow House Cafe Terrace at Night Starry Night Over the Rhone Portrait of the Artist's Mother Bedroom in Arles Falling Autumn Leaves L'Arlésienne The Red Vineyard Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles) Les Arènes Interior of a Restaurant in Arles A Lane near Arles View of Arles, Flowering Orchards Arles: View from the Wheat Fields Sunset at Montmajour Crab on its Back Two Crabs Irises The Starry Night Self-portrait (1889) A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul Enclosed Field with Peasant Green Wheat Field with Cypress Ivy Farmhouse in Provence Road with Cypress and Star At Eternity's Gate Thatched Cottages and Houses Portrait of Dr. Gachet Doctor Gachet's Garden in Auvers Houses at Auvers White House at Night Girl in White The Church at Auvers Daubigny's Garden Farms near Auvers Blossoming Chestnut Branches View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-Rémy Wheatfield with Crows Tree Roots

Other works	Drawings, water-colours and prints 87 Hackford Road Sorrow

Public collections	Van Gogh Museum Kröller-Müller Museum Musée d'Orsay

Portrayals	Lust for Life novel film Van Gogh (1991 film) Van Gogh (1948 film) Vincent Vincent & Theo Vincent in Brixton "Vincent and the Doctor"

Cataloguers	Jacob Baart de la Faille (1928 & 1970; F) Jan Hulsker (1978, revised 1989; JH)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 22, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.