Van Gogh revisited (17)

This is the 17th in a series ob Vincent van Gogh’s works that are on display at the exhibition titled “Van Gogh in Paris: a Dialogue with Modernism” at Seoul Arts Center. ― ED.

Vincent van Gogh left Paris This is the 17th in a series ob Vincent van Gogh’s works that are on display at the exhibition titled “Van Gogh in Paris: a Dialogue with Modernism” at Seoul Arts Center. ― ED.and moved to Arles in southern France in early 1888 and "View of a Butcher's Shop," one of his earliest paintings in Arles, shows the progress he achieved during his two-year stay in Paris.

Van Gogh painted a view from Hotel-Restaurant Carrel at 30 Rue Amedee-Pichot, then called Rue de la Cavalerie, where he rented a room when he arrived in Arles. The building on the opposite side is a butcher's shop as the lettering "Reboul (Cha) rcuterie" indicates.

The artist produced harmonious combinations of colors in this painting, probably a result of his study of color and influence from other artists in Paris. Van Gogh created a luminous effect in "View of a Butcher's Shop" with more abstract and decorative brushwork.