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Van Gogh & Expressionism
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Title: Sunflowers, 1889
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch 1853-1890)
Permanent Collection & Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Dutch master Vincent van Gogh had a profound impact upon German and Austrian expressionist artists. An exhibit at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
explores the influence of one of the greatest artists on those that appreciated his unique talents.
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee,
Alexej von Jawlensky, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka all came to
appreciate Vincent van Gogh's oeuvre.
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Title: Young Woman with a Red Fan, ca. 1910
Artist: Max Pechstein (German 1881-1955)
Private collection, Courtesy Neue Galerie New York
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Title: The Yellow House (The Street), 1888
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch 1853-1890)
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
German and Austrian private collectors and museums were among the first to recognize the talent of the Dutch artist
and to purchase his work. By 1914 there were approximately 164 works by Van Gogh in German and
Austrian collections. The increasingly popularity led to the creation several exhibits specific to Van Gogh's works
broadening his appeal.
Title: Vineyards at Auvers, 1890
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch 1853-1890)
Permanent Collection: Saint Louis Art Museum,
Funds given by Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The influence can be seen in the Expressionist painters whose works who emulated the pure, bright colors in their own style.
Title: White Tree Trunks, 1908
Artist: Emil Nolde (German 1867-1956)
Brücke-Museum, Berlin
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The exhibit focuses on four sections. The first is Van Gogh and Die Brücke. Dresden based artists Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel and Karl
Schmidt-Rottluff founded Die Brücke in 1905. It was through exhibitions of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings Van Gogh in Germany in 1905 and 1908, that
brought the Dutchman's talents to the attention of the Die Brücke group.
Title: Orchard, ca. 1905
Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian 1862-1918)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Patrons Art Fund
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Van Gogh and Der Blaue Reiter focuses on the Munich Germany based artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and August Macke who originally discovered the Van Gogh works
when in Paris, bringing the influence back to their native country.
Title: Murnau Street with Women, 1908
Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian 1866-1944)
Private Collection: Courtesy Neue Gallery New York
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Title: Self-Portrait Full Face Resting Head in Hand, 1909
Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss 1879-1940)
Private Collection: Courtesy Neue Gallery New York
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Van Gogh and Vienna demonstrates Van Gogh's influence on Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Gerstl and Egon Schiele. Each of these artists identified
with his tragic personality in their many portraits and self portraits.
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Title: Autumn Sun, 1914
Artist: Egon Schiele (Austrian 1890-1918)
Private Collection: Courtesy Eykyn Maclean LLC
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The final section looks at Van Gogh and (self) portraiture. The Dutch artist painted many images of his own features and this was adapted by others such as
Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel and Lovis Corinth.
Title: Sunrise, 1913
Artist: Otto Dix (German 1891-1969)
Private Collection
Image Courtesy: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The exhibit features almost a hundred paintings, prints and drawings from the Van Gogh Museum and other collections.
Vincent van Gogh & Expressionism
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam:
September 13 - December 31, 2006
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