Van Gogh’s Postman: PathBreaking PathBreaking Exhibition will open in Boston, and directs to Amsterdam – art newspaper

Van Gogh: Portraits of the Roulin family It is the first exhibition dedicated to the “postman” and his family paintings. Soon opening in the Boston Fine Arts Museum (March 30 to 7), then submitted at the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam (October 3, 2026).

Van Gogh often led a lonely life, found a real friend at Joseph Roulin, 47-year-old postcard at the Arles train station. When Roulin were loyal when they were tough times, then he was looking at the artist when he was hospitalized after the ear mutile. According to Marie Ginoux, when two men had directed the café frequently, they were “brothers.”

He never did his career van Gogh made a large group of single-family portraits. He completed six paintings in Joseph, as well as three drafts and eight eight of his wife, with two children’s daughter. Their children, he made three paintings for each 17-year old army, 11-year-old Camille and Child Marcel.

By December 1, 1888, Vincent reported his brother: “I made portraits A whole familyI did before the postman’s family, his wife, his wife, baby, young boy and 16 year old [he had actually turned 17] The son, all the characters and very French, even looks like a Russian. “

From July 1888 to April 1888, more than half of 23 paintings lived in life and the rest were copies or repetitions of Van Gogh, and some of them gave them to his family. 23. Year, 12 Boston and 15 will meet in Amsterdam. Securing Van Gogh Loans is always a challenge, so it is a great success that Katie Hanson (Boston) and Nienke Bakker (Amsterdam) two commissaries.

The Boston presentation will allow you to see two of the five versions of the portrait of Augustine, which was then 37 years old. Is depicted as a mother Lullaby (Lullaby)Marcelle’s silk would be tied by tightening a rope.

Exhibition research suggests that Van Gogh’s portrait of Augustine’s Boston disappeared over the years. The upper background green and orange-red “La Berceus” red background, now he could hardly be visible. The roses of flowers in the background have also disappeared, making it white.

Two portraits of Armanden, then Learning to Blacksmith, will be visible in Amsterdam, which will come from the Rotterdam museums And Essen: Rotterdam’s work will be visible in Boston.

Although not in the exhibition, the latest research revealed that the third portrait of the Armanda thought it was thought to show an anonymous Sitter before. This striking work was sold in 1995 in Christie 13 million dollars and remains in a private collection, but unfortunately there was no available loan. Armand later worked as a police officer in life, partly died in Tunisia, and Nice in 1945.

All three portraits of 11-year Camille, then in the school, will be included in the exhibition. Camille served in the Army, in Indochina for a short time, and died in 1922 from the Tuberculosis.

In the summer of 1888 Augustine returned to 80 kilometers from Lambesc, Marcelle’s daughter childbirth. Joseph stopped behind the Arles, and the day of birth was the first time van GoghIn the willow armchair – the real chairs survive and now is in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum.

Vincent gave his friend to his friend in a letter: “Socrates, a large and socialist pipe, large-bearing, large grass, chiring today and so the pen is very well and shines with satisfaction.”

On the lap of Augustine, Van Gogh painted the portraits of their new mischievous baby. It’s all sold in Sotheby among three portraits In 2015, they will go $ 8 million to Hong Kong. Along with all of them, he also made two other Mother’s arms.

Marcelle 1980. He lived until the year, killing at the age of 92. In 1955, a writer and reminiscent of Van Gogh.

Of course, at the young age he was 1888-89, he did not have a direct memory, so his information came from other members of the family. Van Gogh, he said at home “soup” would come. Van Gogh was awesome, remembering Paul Gauguin: “Vincent wanted to make a soup, but I don’t know how he made the mixture – like colors in his paintings.”

With the portrait of Roulin (and associated with the associated artwork, the show of the Boston-Amsterdam will rarely see Ten from Joseph, Theo and Wil, along with some photos of the family in later life.

In terms of portraits, Van Gogh gave him to the family, along with three other paintings. With incorrect health, Joseph sold all the vendors of Paris to the Ambroise Vollard 1900. In the year, the postman has three years before death. He only pays 450 franks, or more than 50 francs (then £ 2) each. That is, ten years earlier, Van Gogh has acquired 400 francs in his life.

Roulin portraits were scattered around the world, but in the three museum’s collections, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Brazil and, above all, in the United States. Only two, Camille and Marcelle, were with the family of Theo and now in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum. It is not the only ruthless portrait left in France.

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Wouter van der veen, a periodic period at auvers-sur-Oise van Gogh, this week launches Van Gogh Academy. His mission “to advance research, preserved our collections, promoting innovation, and an immersive approach to Vincent van Gogh Lifespan and worked.” This spring will have an inaugural range of visits, lectures and other events.