What was the title of the only painting that Vincent van Gogh sold during his lifetime?
"Ceramics fortune and sister of his friend Eugene Boch. ""The Red Vineyard"" is said to be the only painting van Gogh sold during his lifetime. In 1903, the first works of Vincent van Gogh entered museum collections in Vienna and Rotterdam, as well as Folkwang Museum, then privately run by Karl-Ernst Osthaus in Hagen (later transferred to Essen). Little attention was paid at this time to the considerable number of Van Gogh masterpieces already held by the Museum of Modern Art New York (established in 1929), along with the Tate Gallery in London and other British and American galleries. In"
"Impressionist paintings of her time. She promoted many young artists, including Vincent van Gogh, whom she admired for his talent and who was a friend of her brother Eugène Boch. ""The Vigne Rouge"" (""The Red Vineyard""), purchased by Anna Boch, was long believed to be the only painting Van Gogh sold during his lifetime. The Anna Boch collection was sold after her death. In her will, she donated the money to pay for the retirement of poor artist friends. 140 of her own paintings were left to her godchild Ida van Haelewijn, the daughter of her gardener. Many of these"
"Self-portrait without beard Self-portrait without beard is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture, which may have been Van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted in September that year. The self-portrait is one of the most expensive paintings of all time, selling for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York City. At the time, it was the third (or an inflation-adjusted fourth) most expensive painting ever sold. Art historians are divided as to whether this painting or ""Self-portrait"" is Van Gogh's final self-portrait. Ronald Pickvance consider this to be the last, while Ingo"
"F Walther and Jan Hulsker think ""Self-portrait"" was the later painting. It was given by van Gogh to his mother as a birthday gift. Self-portrait without beard Self-portrait without beard is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture, which may have been Van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted in September that year. The self-portrait is one of the most expensive paintings of all time, selling for $71.5 million in 1998 in New York City. At the time, it was the third (or an inflation-adjusted fourth) most expensive painting ever sold. Art historians"
"the end of van Gogh's stay at Saint-Paul's hospital, Theo wrote to his sister and mother, ""I am so pleased that Vincent's work is being more appreciated. If he were fit I believe that there would be nothing for me to desire, but it appears that this is not to be."" The sale of ""Red Vineyard"" was the only sale of van Gogh's paintings made during his lifetime. Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy (Van Gogh series) Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy is a collection of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made when he was a self-admitted patient at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, since"
"was released in 1947. However, he was dismissed from his position at the Museum Boijmans. He spent the rest of his life expanding and exhibiting his private art collection. In 1975, Hannema purchased ""Le Blute-Fin Mill"" from a Parisian art dealer for 6500 francs. He insisted it was a van Gogh, but could not get anyone to take him seriously because of his numerous earlier discredited claims. He founded the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle and bequeathed the painting to it when he died at Wijhe, Netherlands in 1984. Twenty-five years later, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam finally authenticated"
"Paris he had a meeting with Theo Van Gogh and managed thus to invite Vincent van Gogh to the next exhibition in Brussels. That is where Van Gogh sold ""Vigne Rouge in Montmajour"" to Anna Boch, the only painting he ever sold. Apart from the portraits, he also painted in this period many landscapes and seascapes : ""Dunes in Cadzand"" (1893), ""The rainbow"" (1894). In the 1895 he made long journeys to Athens and Constantinople, Hungary, Romania, Moscow and Saint Petersburg in order to make posters for the ""Compagnie des Wagons-lits"". One famous work is the poster ""Royal Palace Hotel,"
"Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. However, he was not commercially successful and his suicide at 37 followed years"
"not paint things as they are ... [T]hey paint them as ""they themselves"" feel them to be."" Van Gogh's works are among the world's most expensive paintings. Those sold for over US$100 million (today's equivalent) include ""Portrait of Dr Gachet"","" "" and ""Irises"". The Metropolitan Museum of Art's version of ""Wheat Field with Cypresses"" was acquired in 1993 for US$57 million. In 2015 ""L'Allée des Alyscamps"" sold for US$66.3 million at Sotheby's, New York, exceeding its reserve of US$40 million. Van Gogh's nephew and namesake, Vincent Willem van Gogh (1890–1978), inherited the estate after his mother's death in 1925. During"
"Van Gogh threw himself into the painting of the stars, producing, they write, ""a night sky unlike any other the world had ever seen with ordinary eyes."" After having initially held it back, Van Gogh sent ""The Starry Night"" to Theo in Paris on 28 September 1889, along with nine or ten other paintings. Theo died less than six months after Vincent, in January 1891. Theo's widow, Jo, then became the caretaker of Van Gogh's legacy. She sold the painting to poet Julien Leclercq in Paris in 1900, who turned around and sold it to Émile Schuffenecker, Gauguin's old friend,"
"the Netherlands and the 23rd most visited art museum in the world. Upon Vincent van Gogh's death in 1890, his work not sold fell into the possession of his brother Theo. Theo died six months after Vincent, leaving the work in the possession of his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Selling many of Vincent's paintings with the ambition of spreading knowledge of his artwork, Johanna maintained a private collection of his works. The collection was inherited by her son Vincent Willem van Gogh in 1925, eventually loaned to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam where it was displayed for many years, and"
"Vincent & Theo Vincent & Theo is a 1990 biographical drama film about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) and his brother Theo (1857–1891), who was an art dealer. While Vincent Van Gogh's artworks are now famous, he was essentially unrecognised in his lifetime, and survived on his brother's charity. The film was directed by Robert Altman, and starred Tim Roth and Paul Rhys in the title roles. The film was made as a four-hour mini-series (200-minute length) for television, and a 138-minute version was released to theatres. ""Vincent & Theo"" has a prelude, which is documentary footage of"
"things, then I saw it was all beautiful."" He took drawings away from soldiers by force, by deception and in exchange for personal items. In one case, it took him three days to obtain a drawing of Christ's head by Albrecht Dürer from another officer. Baldin managed to coax the officer into exchanging it for his chrome boots. Of the thousands of works stored in the cellar, Baldin managed to save just 362 drawings and 2 paintings. Among them was the only known pen and ink study by van Gogh of his famous painting, ""Starry Night"" As the Soviet Army"
"the first version was sold at auction for $82.5 million ($ million today), a new mark for the highest ever price for a painting, not surpassed until June 2006 by Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. In late 1888, Van Gogh began to experience a mental breakdown, cutting off part of his ear. He stayed in hospital for a month, but was not fully healed and in April 1889 he checked himself into an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where he remained for a year. When he was released in 1890, Van Gogh's brother Theo was searching for a home for the artist"
"of the harsh reality of life in the working class. He also simply admired the sustainability of the potato, or ""aardappel"" in Dutch. ""Aardappel"" literally translates to ""earth apple,"" which paints an idea of a simpler, hearty lifestyle. Thieves stole the early version of ""The Potato Eaters,"" the ""Weaver's Interior"", and ""Dried Sunflowers"" from the Kröller-Müller Museum in December, 1988. In April 1989, the thieves returned ""Weaver's Interior"" in an attempt to gain a $2.5 million ransom. The police recovered the other two on July 14, 1989; no ransom was paid. On April 14, 1991, the Vincent van Gogh National"
"delusive realist, but color suggesting some emotion of an ardent temperament,"" wrote Van Gogh. He observed nature and mood changes with the seasonal cycle of life, expressed with complementary colors specific to each season: To his brother Theo, Van Gogh wrote, ""What color is in a picture, enthusiasm is in life."" The painting was valued at $60 million when it was gifted to the National Gallery of Art by Pamela Harriman in the memory of her husband. Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses was painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Rémy. At"
"as ""F4"" in Jacob Baart de la Faille's 1928 ""The Works of Vincent van Gogh"" and as ""JH187"" in Jan Hulsker's 1978 ""The Complete Van Gogh"". The painting was stored the Van Gogh family house in Breda. Along with many early other works, it was left behind in the attic when the family moved away in 1886, and it came into the possession of a carpenter, Adrianus Schrauwen. It was sold as part of a job lot of worthless ""rubbish"" to the merchant J.C. Couvreur in 1902, and it came to Kunstzalen Oldenzeel in Rotterdam. It was bought by tobacco"
"the 1987 auction of one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings at Christie's, a famed London art business. The painting sells for millions of pounds. The film then cuts to scenes that take place in the period from 1883 through 1891, commencing with Vincent van Gogh's decision to work exclusively as an artist, and concluding with his death and that of his brother Theo a few months later. The film is a double portrait of both men; Noel Murray has summarised this aspect, ""Altman and screenwriter Julian Mitchell contrast Theo's life—which mostly consists of him guiding rich people through galleries and"
"that Jeannin has the peony, Quost has the hollyhock, but I have the sunflower, in a way."" On March 30, 1987, Japanese insurance magnate Yasuo Goto paid the equivalent of US $39,921,750 for van Gogh's ""Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers"" at auction at Christie's London, at the time a record-setting amount for a work of art. The price was over three times the previous record of about $12million paid for Andrea Mantegna's ""Adoration of the Magi"" in 1985. The record was broken a few months later with the purchase of another Van Gogh, ""Irises"", by Alan Bond for $53.9million"
"Cart with Black Ox Cart with Black Ox, or The Ox-Cart, is an oil painting created in 1884 by Vincent van Gogh. It has been cited as one of his important early works. Created in the village of Nuenen before Van Gogh went to the South of France, the painting has a dark palette and has been described as ""disquieting""; the ox and cart are both decrepit. ""Cart with Black Ox"" was owned by a family who had bought it in 1950. It was donated in 2007 to the Portland Art Museum, and is the most valuable gift yet made"
"Cart with Black Ox Cart with Black Ox, or The Ox-Cart, is an oil painting created in 1884 by Vincent van Gogh. It has been cited as one of his important early works. Created in the village of Nuenen before Van Gogh went to the South of France, the painting has a dark palette and has been described as ""disquieting""; the ox and cart are both decrepit. ""Cart with Black Ox"" was owned by a family who had bought it in 1950. It was donated in 2007 to the Portland Art Museum, and is the most valuable gift yet made"
"the most expensive painting ever sold, setting a record which stood for two and a half years. Then it was sold for US$53.9 million to Alan Bond, but Bond did not have enough money to pay for it. ""Irises"" was later re-sold in 1990 to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. ""Irises"" is currently (as of 2012) tenth on the inflation-adjusted list of most expensive paintings ever sold and in 25th place if the effects of inflation are ignored. Irises (painting) Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and one"
"remain together, it became impossible for France to keep them within its borders, as the Louvre was unable to guarantee the necessary funding required to keep the ministry of culture from providing an export permit. The paintings have not been declared French national heritage. The portraits were in the possession of the subjects' heirs until their sale in 1877 to Gustave Samuel de Rothschild, a French banker. They were lent for exhibition once only, to the Rijksmuseum in 1956 for the artist's 350th birthday. Before being sold, they were hung in a large hall in the Van Loon collection, described"
"Van Gogh self-portrait (1889) Self portrait is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture, which may have been van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted in September that year, shortly before he left Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France. The painting is exhibited at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. This self-portrait was one of about 40 van Gogh produced over a 10-year period, and these were an important part of his work as a painter; he would paint himself because he often lacked the money to pay for models. He took the painting with him"
"the stars and the moon van Gogh employed the rare pigment indian yellow together with zinc yellow. The Starry Night The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealized village. It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ""The Starry Night"""
"him, though he considered the doctor to be in a worse state than himself. Gachet befriended Van Gogh and was the subject of two portraits, one of which, ""Portrait of Dr. Gachet"", was sold at auction for over $80m (£48m) in 1990. Van Gogh died by a gunshot to the chest. The room on the upper floor of the Auberge Ravoux where he died has been preserved, although no furniture remains. Auvers-sur-Oise is the final resting place of both Vincent and his brother Theo van Gogh, who died six months later. Auvers-sur-Oise is served by two stations on the Transilien"
"Theo van Gogh (art dealer) Theodorus ""Theo"" van Gogh (; 1 May 1857 – 25 January 1891) was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh, and Theo's unfailing financial and emotional support allowed his brother to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo died at the age of 33, six months after his brother died at the age of 37. Theo is widely known for his influence on his brother; however, this often overshadows the significant impact that Theo made on the art world as a renowned art dealer: Theo played a crucial role in"
"of Vincent Van Gogh can be seen in “Vase of Flowers and Still Life” (1938), in which the energetic brushstrokes and the theme typical of Van Gogh stand out. In his work “Through a Window” (1938), for example, Aroch depicts a Dutch urban landscape viewed through a window. In this work, and in others from this period, Aroch used the emphasis on the horizontal and vertical lines of the painting to divide the composition in a nearly geometrical and flat manner. On January 21, 1939, a solo exhibition by Aroch opened in the “Santa Landwer” Gallery in Amsterdam. The exhibition"
"and the same degree of mastery is evident in ""Tree Roots"". Tree roots were also the subject of one of the last paintings (if not actually the last) van Gogh made before his death, presumed a suicide, in 1890. This was ""Tree Roots"", although there is no evidence that he was similarly preoccupied with the theme of life's struggle at the time of its painting. The 1882 drawing ""Tree Roots"" was purchased by the Dordrecht art collector J. Hidde Nijland before 1895. Nijland's entire collection of 116 van Gogh drawings that he built up was purchased in 1928 by the"
"The Painter of Sunflowers The Painter of Sunflowers (in French: Le Peintre de Tournesols) is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Paul Gauguin in December 1888. The painting is exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The portrait was painted when Gauguin visited Van Gogh in Arles, France. Vincent had pleaded with Gauguin to come to Arles to start an art-colony. Gauguin eventually agreed after funding for the transportation and expenses was provided by Vincent's brother Theo Van Gogh; however Gauguin only stayed for two months as the two often quarreled and the famous incident where Van Gogh"
"to Eugène Boch on October 2, 1888, writing he had painted ""a view of the café on place du Forum, where we used to go, ""painted at night"""" (emphasis van Gogh's). The painting and the café were both featured in the 1956 film ""Lust for Life"" starring Kirk Douglas and later in ""Vincent and the Doctor"" (2010), the tenth episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", and in the fully painted film ""Loving Vincent"" (2017). ""This is a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this"
"be furnished before he could fully move in, but he was able to use it as a studio. He wanted a gallery to display his work, and started a series of paintings that eventually included ""Van Gogh's Chair"" (1888), ""Bedroom in Arles"" (1888), ""The Night Café"" (1888), ""Cafe Terrace at Night"" (September 1888), ""Starry Night Over the Rhone"" (1888), and ""Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers"" (1888), all intended for the decoration for the Yellow House. Van Gogh's Chair Van Gogh's Chair is a painting created in 1888 by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It is currently held by the"
"Alone in the World (Bouguereau) Alone in the World () is a painting created by nineteenth-century French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Although the exact year of creation is unknown, Theo van Gogh acquired it in 1867 so it may be placed in the early part of Bouguereau's career. The painting depicts a peasant girl holding a violin and standing on a bridge over the Seine in Paris. She is looking to her left with a melancholy expression. The cathedral of Notre Dame can be seen in the background, as well as a bridge which appears to be the Pont Royal. This"