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Vincent Van Gogh Chair


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Vincent Van Gogh Chair. One of his paintings that we will discuss in this journal are vincent’s chair and his pipe and gauguin’s armchair. The painting shows a rustic wooden chair, with a simple woven straw seat, on a tiled floor.

Van Gogh, The Bedroom, detail with chair Vincent van Gogh,… Flickr
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On 19 november 1888, vincent wrote to his brother theo about his two latest pictures, describing them as “rather funny”. On the chair seat is a decorated pipe and a pouch of pipe tobacco. Gauguin’s, with two novels on its seat, was painted at night and is illuminated by a candle and gas light.

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Van Gogh, The Bedroom, detail with chair Vincent van Gogh,… Flickr

With no specific explanation by the artist, the painting subjects vincent’s simple chair and his pipe lying on it. One was of his own empty chair in daylight, “a wooden and straw chair. The chair represents the artist himself and his strained relationship with gauguin. Learn about the symbolism and style of van gogh's chair, a pendant to gauguin's chair painted in december 1888.

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