De aardappeleters
About the work
In addition to being a painter and a draughtsman, Van Gogh was also a printmaker. He drew this depiction of an early version of The Potato Eaters from memory on the lithographic stone. Hoping to gain some recognition he pulled a series of prints from it. He also felt that by using a different medium he would draw fresh inspiration for the final painting.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-1912-609
Meanwhile, in the life of Vincent van Gogh
The whole life26 March 1885
Death of his father
The artist's father, the minister Theodorus van Gogh, died of a heart attack.
August 1885
First public showing, in shop windows in The Hague
Van Gogh's work was publicly exhibited for the first time, in the shop windows of the dealer Leurs in The Hague.
February 1886
Moves to Paris to join his brother Theo
Van Gogh left Antwerp to join his brother Theo, an art dealer, in Paris. So began a very fruitful and eventful Paris period: he painted some two hundred and thirty pictures there, more than anywhere else.
April – May 1886
Cormon's studio: Bernard, Anquetin, Lautrec
At Fernand Cormon's studio Van Gogh joined the circle of the Australian John Russell, who painted his portrait, and met Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who drew him in pastel. They met at Père Tanguy's paint shop, then the only place where Cézanne's paintings were shown.
late 1887
An exhibition at the Restaurant du Chalet
Vincent arranged an exhibition with Bernard, Anquetin and probably Toulouse-Lautrec at the Grand-Bouillon Restaurant du Chalet in Montmartre; Bernard wrote that it was ahead of anything else in Paris. There Van Gogh exchanged works with Gauguin, and visitors included Camille Pissarro, Signac and Seurat.
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