Vincent van Gogh, 1888 - The Smoker (The Smoker) - fine art print

Original artwork information by the museum's website (© - by Barnes Foundation - Barnes Foundation)

During his stay in Arles, a small town in the rural south of France, Van Gogh concentrated on painting the town's inhabitants--including the local mailman (Room 2) and the farm workers whose simple lifestyle he admired and idealized. Here, Van Gogh depicts a peasant smoking a pipe. The figure wears a humble coat comprised of loose, muddy strokes; ruddy cheeks suggest his work outdoors. Above his shoulder, a few horizontal dashes indicate puffs of smoke; thick, unblended marks describe an ear. Despite these moments of near abstraction, Van Gogh maintains an astounding attention to naturalistic detail, paying attention to the way a person really looks and behaves. Note how the man's mouth is slightly clenched to hold the pipe; and how his moustache is uneven rather than perfectly trimmed.

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The 19th century work of art was painted by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in 1888. The original had the following size: Overall: 24 3/4 x 18 3/4 in (62,9 x 47,6 cm) and was manufactured with the medium oil on canvas. This piece of art is part of the art collection of Barnes Foundation, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. With courtesy of Courtesy of the Barnes Foundation, Merion and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (public domain).The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . On top of that, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter, botanical illustrator, printmaker, drawer Vincent van Gogh was a European artist from the Netherlands, whose style can be classified as Post-Impressionism. The Post-Impressionist painter lived for 37 years and was born in 1853 in Zundert, North Brabant, Netherlands and passed away in the year 1890.

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