Shoes 2017 By Van Orozco
Not quite A Pair of Shoes painted in 1886 by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh's painting of a pair of down-at-heel shoes prompts speculation on a variety of psychological questions. They have been seen as symbolizing Van Gogh's difficult passage through life.
A fellow student in Paris reported that Van Gogh bought a pair of used workman's shoes at a flea market, intending to use them in a still life. The story goes he found them still a little too smart, so he wore them on a long and rainy walk. Only then were they fit to be painted.
Van Gogh made a number of still lives with old shoes. To him, as to several of his contemporaries, they may have been symbolic of the hard yet picturesque life of the labourer.
I just think he wanted to paint a pair of well-worn shoes as sunflowers were out of season ;)
Shoes 2017 By Van Orozco
Not quite A Pair of Shoes painted in 1886 by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh's painting of a pair of down-at-heel shoes prompts speculation on a variety of psychological questions. They have been seen as symbolizing Van Gogh's difficult passage through life.
A fellow student in Paris reported that Van Gogh bought a pair of used workman's shoes at a flea market, intending to use them in a still life. The story goes he found them still a little too smart, so he wore them on a long and rainy walk. Only then were they fit to be painted.
Van Gogh made a number of still lives with old shoes. To him, as to several of his contemporaries, they may have been symbolic of the hard yet picturesque life of the labourer.
I just think he wanted to paint a pair of well-worn shoes as sunflowers were out of season ;)