Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) - Self-Portrait, Paris autumn, 1887
How I love London,
- Vincent van Gogh, 1875
To Tate Britain for this lovely survey recording Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) nearly three year sojourn in London, and the influence the art of the British and their culture had on him, and in turn, he on British artists. Of course the brilliance of his self-taught work manages to outshine them all, but the works featured by Francis Bacon and William Nicholson perhaps, manage to hold their own under scrutiny and in comparison. There is more than enough of Van Gogh's work to justify this exhibition, and some very significant pieces from his ouevre too, such as the crowd-pleasers Starry Night, Arles, and The Prison Courtyard, Saint-Rémy. What shines through in this exhibition is Van Gogh as a brilliant colourist, his obvious love of nature, and also his compassion and humanity for the conditions of his fellow man.
Meindert Hobbema - The Avenue at Middleharnis, 1689
John Constable - The Valley Farm, 1835
John Everett Millais - Chill October, 1870
Vincent van Gogh - Autumn Landscape at Dusk Neunen, October-November 1885
Vincent van Gogh - Alley Bordered by Trees, 1884
Vincent van Gogh - Path in the garden of the asylum Saint-Rémy, November 1889
Vincent van Gogh - The stone bench in the Asylum at Saint-Rémy, autumn 1889
Vincent van Gogh - Miners in the snow Cuesmes, September 1880
Guiseppe de Nittis - The Victoria Embankment, London 1875
Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night Arles, August 1888
James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Nocturne: Grey and Gold Westminster Bridge, c. 1871-72
Vincent van Gogh - Old Man Drinking Coffee The Hague, November 1882
Vincent van Gogh - Paul Ferdinand Gachet Auvers-sur-Oise, June 1890
Vincent van Gogh - Sorrowing old man (At Eternity's Gate) Saint-Rémy, May 1890
Vincent van Gogh - At Eternity's Gate)The Hague, November 1882
Vincent van Gogh - Sorrow The Hague, November 1882
After Gustav Doré, Exercise Yard at Newgate Prison, 1872
Vincent van Gogh - The Prison Courtyard, Saint-Rémy, February 1890
Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait with Felt Hat, December 1886 - January 1887
Vincent van Gogh - Path in the Woods Paris, May - July 1887
Lucien Pissarro - The Garden Gate, Epping 1894
Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield Arles, June 1888
Vincent van Gogh - Still Life, Basket of Apples Paris autumn 1887
Vincent van Gogh - Augustine Roulin (Rocking a Cradle) Arles, March 1889
Spenser Gore - Harold Gilman's House at Letchworth, Hertfordshire 1912
Vincent van Gogh - Hospital at Saint-Rémy 1889
Samuel John Peploe - Tulips in a Pottery Vase, c.1912
Samuel John Peploe - Yellow Tulips and Statuette, c.1912-1927
Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers Arles, August 1888
William Nicholson - Sunflowers, c.1933
Winifred Nicholson - Honeysuckle and Sweetpeas, 1945-46
William Nicholson - Miss Jekyll's Gardening Boots, 1920
Vincent van Gogh - Shoes Paris, September - November 1886
Vincent van Gogh - Pollard willows at sunset Arles, March 1888
Vincent van Gogh - Olive Trees Saint-Rémy,June 1889
Vincent van Gogh - A Corner of the Garden of St Paul's Hospital at Saint-Rémy, May 1889
Vincent van Gogh - Trunk of an Old Yew Tree, 1888
Vincent van Gogh - Farms near Auvers, July 1890
Van Gogh Tate Gallery exhibition poster 1947
Francis Bacon - Van Gogh in a Landscape, 1957
Francis Bacon - Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh VI, 1957
Francis Bacon - Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV, 1957
Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait Saint-Rémy, Autumn 1889
This is 87 Hackford Road, Lambeth, one of the properties in which Van Gogh lodged when he lived in London from 1873 to 1874, (and was also reputed to have fell in love for the first time with the landlady's daughter Ursula). Van Gogh left the house under mysterious circumstances but the building now bears a blue heritage plaque to commemorate his stay, and the primary school opposite, has also been named in his honour.
Van Gogh and Britain
until 11th August
Tate Britain
Millbank
London
SW1
