1886, Vincent van Gogh, Rooftops in Paris -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Van Gogh moved to Paris in the spring of 1886. He painted this panoramic view of the city from Montmartre shortly afterwards. Throughout his life, Van Gogh was fascinated with skies and cloud formations. Here, the low horizon gives prominence to an expanse of grey sky. This small painting with its subdued colouring reveals how deeply connected Van Gogh was to the Naturalist tradition when he first arrived in France. Just a few months after painting it, he met Paul Gauguin and Emile Bernard, and his work began to assume the heightened colour and vigorous impasto that it is renowned for today.
1886, Vincent van Gogh, Rooftops in Paris -- National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin)
From the museum label: Van Gogh moved to Paris in the spring of 1886. He painted this panoramic view of the city from Montmartre shortly afterwards. Throughout his life, Van Gogh was fascinated with skies and cloud formations. Here, the low horizon gives prominence to an expanse of grey sky. This small painting with its subdued colouring reveals how deeply connected Van Gogh was to the Naturalist tradition when he first arrived in France. Just a few months after painting it, he met Paul Gauguin and Emile Bernard, and his work began to assume the heightened colour and vigorous impasto that it is renowned for today.