Van Gogh revisited (21)
This is the 21st in a series on Vincent van Gogh’s works that are featured in the exhibition “Van Gogh in Paris: a Dialogue with Modernism” at Seoul Arts Center. ― ED.
Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh created several small paintings when he was in Paris. "Prawns and Mussels," 26.5 centimeters long and 34.8 centimeters wide, is one of them.
It features unusual items for a still life ― six prawns and nine mussels. In this painting from the autumn of 1886, the artist fully captured the long whiskers of the shrimp and blue-gray color of the mussels.
Van Gogh and his brother Theo hired a cook when they moved to Rue Lepic in June 1886 and Van Gogh. He wanted to practice the use of color and brush stroke, but he couldn't always find flowers to paint and used seafood in his home instead.