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Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887)

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Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, 1887, is a chalk pastel portrait of the painter Vincent van Gogh made by his friend and fellow artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, drawn in early 1887 while both were studying at an open studio in Paris. It shows van Gogh seated in profile at a cafe table with a glass of absinthe, likely at the Cafe du Tambourin on the Boulevard de Clichy, rendered in bright Impressionist blues, oranges and yellows. Measuring about 54.2 by 46 centimetres, the pastel is held at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Year Created
1887 1
Medium
Pastel on cardboard 1
Location
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Pastel 1
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Source Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887) (Wikipedia)

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Drawing, Art Forms
Source Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887) (Wikipedia)

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Painting, Art Forms
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1. Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887) (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, Year field
    1887
  • Infobox, Medium field
    pastel on cardboard
  • Lead section
    The painting is held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, catalogued "d693V/1962".
  • Lead section
    Portrait of Vincent van Gogh is an 1887 chalk pastel on cardboard by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec had encountered Vincent van Gogh, eleven years his senior, when they were both taking lessons at the open studio (atelier libre) of Fernand Cormon in Paris from 1886 to 1887.
  • infobox medium field: pastel on cardboard
  • Created By: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, lead paragraph
    Portrait of Vincent van Gogh is an 1887 chalk pastel on cardboard by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec had encountered Vincent van Gogh, eleven years his senior, when they were both taking lessons at the open studio (ate
  • In Form: Drawing, Lead
    is an 1887 chalk pastel on cardboard by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  • In Group: Portraits of Men and Youths, Wikipedia intro
    Portrait of Vincent van Gogh is an 1887 chalk pastel on cardboard by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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