Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Exhausted Maenads
Centre
Amsterdam cityscape by Monet
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Gauguin self-portrait
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Museum: Other Artists
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View of Prins
Hendrikkade
and the Kromme
Waal in Amsterdam
Monet painted this
cityscape in winter
1874 from a boat on
the IJ river.
Saint Geneviève as
a Child in Prayer
An oil study (1876) by
Puvis de Chavannes for
the huge murals he
painted on the theme
of St Geneviève's
childhood at the
Panthéon in Paris.
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Young Peasant
Girl with a Hoe
Jules Breton was an
idol of Van Gogh. In
rural scenes like this one
(1882), he places an idealized
figure in a realistic setting.
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Self-Portrait with
a Portrait of
Bernard, “Les
Misérables”
In his powerful self-portrait
(1888), Gauguin identified him-
self with the hero of
Les
Misérables
, Jean Valjean.
Museum
Floorplan
Exhausted Maenads after
the Dance
In this Lawrence Alma-Tadema
painting of 1874, three devotees
(maenads) of the wine god
Bacchus have fallen asleep.
“Grand Paysan”
Jules Dalou shared Van
Gogh's preoccupation with
peasants, whom he saw as
heroic labourers. He devised this
life-size sculpture in 1889.
Portrait of Guus
Preitinger, the Artist's Wife
The vivid use of colour in Kees
van Dongen's portrait of his wife
(1911) is characteristic of
Fauvism.
Two Women Embracing
Van Gogh's influence on the
Dutch artist Jan Sluijters is
obvious in the brushwork and
colour of this painting of 1906.
Young Woman at a Table,
“Poudre de Riz”
This early painting by Toulouse-
Lautrec (1887), who became a
friend of Van Gogh, is probably
of his mistress, Suzanne Valadon.
Portrait of Bernard's
Grandmother
Van Gogh swapped one of his
self-portraits for this painting
(1887) by Emile Bernard.
Portrait of Bernard's Grandmother
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