Van Gogh revisited (7)

This is the seventh in a series of Vincent van Gogh’s works that is featured as part of the works on display at the exhibition titled “Van Gogh in Paris: a Dialogue with Modernism” at Seoul Arts Center. ― ED.

Vincent van Gogh wanted to continue painting figures after he left Cormon’s studio, but it was impossible to get all the models he needed. In a letter to his sister Willemien, he wrote he had not “had the opportunity to find models” and decided instead “to study the question of color.” He also said in a letter to Theo in August that he “painted almost nothing but flowers,” thanks to helpful acquaintances “who sent him deliveries … every week.”

His 1886 painting “Vase with Carnations,” done with oil on canvas, from the Gemeente Museum collection, is one of them.