Chapter 4: Developments after Arles

After parting ways in December 1888, the two men continued to exchange letters. Van Gogh remained in Arles, still
painting even when illness brought on suffering. The following May 1889, he committed himself to the asylum in SaintRémy-de-Provence. There he would look at the wheat fields seen from his window or the courtyard gardens of the hospital,
and when his health permitted him to work outside, he drew such Provencal motifs as cypress trees and olive groves. Stimulatedby Gauguin, at times he would experiment with painting from his memory and imagination, and yet while this method andhis encounter with Gauguin’s religious symbolism can be seen, Van Gogh’s works were firmly rooted in reality.
Gauguin, on the other hand, returned to Paris at the end of 1888 and in June 1889 traveled to Pont-Aven. There hepainted images of simple village life and still life paintings, while also producing a number of works with religious sentimentand not easily deciphered personal symbolic forms.
In May 1890 Van Gogh moved to Auvers-sur-Oise on the outskirts of Paris. He experimented with creating what
he called contemporary portraits, actively seeking out new forms of expression. And yet on July 27th he turned a pistol onhimself and died two days later.
no. artist

title

datecollection

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Portrait of Joseph Roulin

1889

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

51

Vincent van Gogh

53

Vincent van Gogh

54

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh

Still Life with a Plate of Onions
Roses

Olive Grove

1889
1889
1889

55

Vincent van Gogh

Wheatfield with a Reaper

1889

56

Vincent van Gogh

The Ravine (Les Peiroulets)

1889

58Vincent van Gogh

Portrait of a Young Woman

1890

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Vincent van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin

The Sower (after Millet)
Girl Herding Pigs
The HamBreton Girl Spinning

1890
1889
1889
1889

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Chapter 5: Gauguin in Tahiti

In 1891 Gauguin set off for Tahiti, in search of a truly primitive society untarnished by Western civilization. He discerned
the beautiful simple motifs of that island, but also realized that modern Western influence had already arrived. Instead ofpainting just the Polynesian world he created many works that were a fusion of Polynesian, Catholic and other cultures, allreflecting his memory and imagination.
In 1893 Gauguin returned to France and began to paint in Brittany, but then set off for Tahiti a second time in 1895,
never to return to France. In Tahiti he continued to paint images of the pastoral lifestyle and scenery, and beautiful, dignified
forms of the islanders.
Still seeking his ideal simple world, Gauguin left Tahiti in 1901. Shortly before leaving he painted a still life ofsunflowers. Eleven years had passed since Van Gogh’s death, but Gauguin’s thoughts on that Pacific island still turned to hisdead friend in far off France. Gauguin moved to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands, and there died in 1903 at the age of 54.
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Paul Gauguintitledatecollection

63

Paul Gauguin

Women on the Banks of the River

1892

64

Paul Gauguin

A Farm in Brittanyc.1894(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

66

Paul Gauguin

Three Tahitians

1899

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68

Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin

Dog in Front of the Hut, Tahiti

Tahitian Woman
Idyll in Tahiti

Sunflowers on an Armchair

1892

1898
1901
1901

Pola Museum of Art

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, ZurichFoundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich

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・The order of display may differ from that found in the list of works
・Only those works displayed in Aichi venue are listed		
・● : January 3-February 12, 2017 ○ : February 14-March 20, 2017		

List of Works					Chapter 1: The Making of the Two Fathers of Modern Art

In 1880, at the age of 27, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) decided to become a painter. In the first three years of this pursuit
he focused on drawing, and then turned to oil painting around the autumn of 1883. While also creating landscapes and still
lifes he primarily produced large numbers of everyday scenes in the villages around him, from peat cutting to weaving. VanGogh was self-taught and began painting on his own, learning particularly from the works of Jean-François Millet amongst
the Barbizon school painters who provided his primary models. This focus led to his desire to be a painter of rural life, as
were Millet and Jules Breton.
It was around the age of 36, in 1885, that Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) dedicated himself to a painter’s life. Prior to thattime he had worked as a stockbroker in Paris, painting as an amateur and participating in the Impressionists exhibitions. The
earliest confirmable work by Gauguin dates to 1873. Like Van Gogh he learned from the Barbizon school, but then took
up the Impressionist forms after meeting such Impressionist painters as Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet. In addition
to figure paintings, he also longed for a simple society unfettered by the concerns of the modern world, and painted manylandscape works in this vein.

22

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat

1887

23

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At Saint-Lazare

1886

25

Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli

Woman at the Well

1870-71

26

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Saint Genevieve as a Child at Prayer

1875-76no. artist

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datecollection

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Loom with Weaver

1884

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

1

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh

3

Vincent van Gogh

4

Jean-François Millet

6

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

5789101215

Jules Breton

Théodore Rousseau
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin

Camille Pissarro
Claude Monet

Peat Boat with Two Figures
The Old Church Tower at Nuenen(‘The Peasants ’Churchyard’)

1883
1885

The Goose Girl1866-67

Souvenir of Nemi. Rocks and Shrubsc.1844-45

Young Peasant Girl with a Hoe

The Crooked Tree at the Carrefour de l’EpineThe Little One Is Dreaming, Etude
Self-Portrait

Watering TroughRoute de Versailles, Rocquencourt
Meadow at Eragny

1882
1852
1881
1885
1886
1871
1880

Collection Drents Museum, Assen

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Charles AngrandPaul Gauguin

28Paul Gauguin

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Emile Bernard

The Seine, Morning (Saint-Ouen)

Mother and Child under a Tree at Pont-Aven
Breton Boys Bathing(The Bathing by the Mill in Bois d’Amour, Pont-Aven)

Market in Pont-Aven

1886

1886

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Triton Collection Foundation

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Pola Museum of Art

1886

HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART

1888

The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

30

Emile Bernard

Still Life with Teapot, Cup and Fruit

1890

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

32

Mogens Ballin

Pitcher and Pear on Chairc.1890-92

Triton Collection Foundation

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Paul Sérusier
Jan Verkade

Paul Gauguin

The Apple Harvest

Pitcher and Three Apples
Martinique Landscapec.1891
1891
1887

Triton Collection Foundation
Triton Collection Foundation

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Private Collection

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Shimane Art Museum

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Yoshino Gypsum Co.,Ltd.

(deposited at Yamagata Museum of Art)

Chapter 2: Modernization, New Influences and Artistic Friends

Van Gogh traveled from his native Holland through Belgium, arriving in Paris around the end of February 1886. There heencountered the works of the Impressionists and other avant-garde artists of the day, and realized the need to shift away fromhis dark palette. And so in addition to his understanding of color theory learned in Holland, he began to paint a successionof flower still lifes in a brighter palette, thus beginning to develop his own unique expressive style through the use of colorcontrasts. Besides his approximately 30 self-portraits, he also depicted the natural motifs he found in the area around Paris andalong the Seine.
Gauguin first visited Pont-Aven in Brittany in July 1886, where he created works depicting the beauty and simplicity
of village life. A large number of artists later flocked to this area, and there he met painters such as Emile Bernard and Paul
Sérusier, and talked with them of art. Gauguin sought primitive life and traveled with friends to places such as Panama andMartinique in the Caribbean. The bright tropical light and strong colors brought epoch-making changes to his expression.
In November 1887 Gauguin returned to Paris. At the time Van Gogh was holding a small exhibition he had organized. Itwas probably at that gallery, either in November or December of that year, that Van Gogh and Gauguin met.

Chapter 3: Pont-Aven, Arles and Working Together in Arles

After leaving Paris, on February 20, 1888, Van Gogh reached Arles in southern France. Fascinated by the Provençal scenerythat recalled many of the elements of his longed-for world of Japan, Van Gogh painted many works at that time. He wasespecially interested in the lives of farmers and their work so closely linked to the changing seasons, repeatedly creating
images of harvesting and other farm scenes. Many of the Roulin family as well as the Zouaves barracked in the town acted
as his models and became his friends, as he gradually turned to the creation of figure paintings. Van Gogh, who valued the“consoling” character of art, also painted works that depicted the natural beauty of parks where people could calm their souls.
Prior to moving to Arles Gauguin was active painting in Brittany. Around that time his works began to take on astrongly symbolist nature as he placed greater emphasis on imagination and memory in his works. On October 23rd,
Gauguin arrived at Van Gogh’s Yellow House in Arles adorned with his own paintings, and decided to stay there with VanGogh. For Van Gogh this was the first step towards his dream of forming a community of artists. The two men worked on
their paintings together in Arles, painting at the ruins and graveyards of the old Roman town of Alyscamps in the autumn,
and the scenery around Arles. When colder weather arrived, they returned indoors, turning to painting figures.
And yet, flare-ups occurred because of their decidedly different characters and artistic natures, so that their sharedlifestyle was shattered at the end of December.
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date

collection

35

Vincent van Gogh

Sprig of Flowering Almond in a Glass

1888

36

Vincent van GoghBasket of Lemons and Bottle

1888(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

37

Vincent van Gogh

The Harvest

1888(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

38

Vincent van Gogh

The Zouave

1888(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

39

Vincent van Gogh

Ploughed Field (‘The Furrows’)

1888

40

Vincent van Gogh

Path in the Park

1888

(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

41

Vincent van Gogh

The Lover (Portrait of Lieutenant Milliet)

1888

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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title

datecollection

42

Vincent van Gogh

Gauguin’s Chair

1888

16

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait with Pipe

1886

(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

43

Vincent van Gogh

Portrait of Camille Roulin

1888

17

Vincent van Gogh

Shoes

1886

Vincent van Gogh

Portrait of a Man

1888

18

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait

1887(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

44(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

46

Paul Gauguin

Rocks on the Coast

1888

20

Vincent van Gogh

Seine with a Rowing Boat

1887

1921

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh

Plaster Statuette of a Female Torso
Montmartre: Behind the Moulin de la Galette

1887
1887

●Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
MENARD ART MUSEUM
Private Collection

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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49
50

Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin

Goose GamesThe Sabot Maker

Washerwomen in Arles
Washerwomen in Arles

1888
1888
1888
1888

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Private Collection

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen

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