1881, Vincent van Gogh, Still life with clogs -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label: Van Gogh makes his first paintings at Mauve's studio. He starts with the still life as this is the simplest genre. 'Well, Mauve at once sat me down before a still life with a pair of old wooden shoes and some other objects, so I could set to work', he writes to Theo. Thus, Van Gogh learns not only how to work with oil paints, but also how to render the expressions of various materials: the frayed straw hat, the shiny bottle and the clay pipe. He is satisfied with this first painting adventure, which he sees as the starting point of his artistic career.
Link to other van Gogh paintings
1881, Vincent van Gogh, Still life with clogs -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label: Van Gogh makes his first paintings at Mauve's studio. He starts with the still life as this is the simplest genre. 'Well, Mauve at once sat me down before a still life with a pair of old wooden shoes and some other objects, so I could set to work', he writes to Theo. Thus, Van Gogh learns not only how to work with oil paints, but also how to render the expressions of various materials: the frayed straw hat, the shiny bottle and the clay pipe. He is satisfied with this first painting adventure, which he sees as the starting point of his artistic career.
Link to other van Gogh paintings