Bank of the Seine
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, May-July 1887
oil on canvas, 32 cm x 46 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Van Gogh preferred the countryside to the city, so he liked to paint outdoors in the summer on the banks of the Seine, just outside Paris. He painted small studies that were easy to carry, like this one.
In this small painting, Van Gogh experimented with the stippling technique of the Pointillists, but he did so in his own way. He used long dashes for the water, small dots for the trees and plants, and larger brushstrokes for the sky. With this technique, he beautifully captured the reflection of the riverbanks in the water.
- F-number
- F0293
- JH-number
- JH1269
- Object number
- s0077V1962
- Dimensions
- 32 cm x 46 cm, 47.1 cm x 61.3 cm, 7 cm
- Provenance
- Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between mid May and the end of July 1887; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, from 1930 to 1937; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962 (ratified 28 December 1970); agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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