Fierce strokes This is a portrait
of a meaningful chair, drawn in
the opposite way of Woodfine's
mechanical flat plan. Van Gogh
drew immediately and almost
harshly; he has marked the full
emotion of the subject with a
fierce grip of concentration. The
floor is made present in only a
few strokes and is subdued so
as not to distract us from our
engagement with the chair.VINCENTVAN GOGH
Dutch painter who produced
over 800 paintings and 850
drawings in only the last ten
year's of his life. Among van
Gogh's best-known canvases
are Cornfield and Cypress
Trees, Sunflowers, and Starry
Night. His passionate brush
and pencil strokes are honest
and direct in their recording
of what he saw and felt, while
also describing his inner
turmoil and growing alarm
at the world around him.
Chair
1890
13 x 97 / 8 (330 x 250 mm)
VINCENT VAN GOGH