Drawings, water-colours and prints by Vincent van Gogh
Drawings and water-colours and prints by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of works on paper and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) that form an important part of his complete body of work.
Contents
London
Van Gogh's 1873 or 1874 drawing of 87 Hackford Road
Etten, Drenthe, The Hague, Neunen
Drawings and watercolors
The Sower (after Millet), 1881, drawing
Crouching boy with sickle, October 1881, watercolor and chalk
Peasant Sitting by the Fireplace ('Worn Out') 1881, (F863, JH34), watercolor, P. and N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam [2]
Woman Sewing, 1881-1882, P. and N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam (F869)
Sorrowful old man (F998, JH269) pencil, black lithographic crayon, wash, white opaque watercolour, on watercolour paper, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum [3]
Worn Out (F997, JH267), pencil on watercolor paper 1882, Van Gogh Museum [4]
Prayer Before the Meal, pencil, black chalk, ink, heightened with white 1882, private collection, (F1002)
Man with a Spade Resting aka Workman with Spade, 1882, The Hague
The Sower, Pencil, brush and ink, 1882, P. und N. de Boer, Amsterdam (F852)
Sorrow, 1882, There are several versions of this drawing. Van Gogh also made a lithograph of Sorrow.[5] In early April 1882 Van Gogh sent one of them to Theo, referring to it as "the best figure I have drawn yet." The model posing was Clasina (Sien) Hoornik, whom he had met shortly after his arrival in The Hague and taken in with her daughter afterwards.[6] He had met Sien towards the end of January,[7]
Sorrow, 1882, (F929)
Sien Nursing Baby, Half-Figure, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1062)
Sien Nursing Baby, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1063)
Sien Nursing Baby, drawing, 1882, Private collection (F1064)
Sien Nursing Baby, Half-Figure, drawing, 1882, Private collection, (F1065)
Sien Nursing Baby, watercolor, 1882, Private collection (F1068)
Sien with Child on her Lap, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1071)
Roofs ("Rijswijksche Weilanden en Timmermanswerf"), The Hague 1882 (F.943)
water-colour, 39 x 55 cm
Private collection (F943)View of The Hague with the New Church, Watercolor, 1882, Collection of Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, The Hague (F1680)
Soup Distribution in a Public Soup Kitchen, drawing, 1883, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1020a)
The Public Soup Kitchen, watercolor, 1883, Private collection (F1020b)
Shepherd with Flock near a Little Church at Zweeloo, Drawing, Pen and pencil, 1883, Private collection (F877)
Sien with a cigar, sitting on the floor beside the fireplace, The Hague 1882, Pencil, black chalk, pen and brush, Kröller-Müller Museum, (F898)
The Iron Mill in The Hague, watercolor
1882
Private collection (F926)Meadows near Rijswijk, watercolor
1882
Private collection (F927)Pollard Willow, watercolor
1882
Private collection (F947)Portrait of Jozef Blok also The Bookseller Blok, watercolor
1882
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F993)The Potato Market, watercolor, 1882, Private collection (F1091)
Church Pew with Worshippers, pencil, pen and ink, opaque and transparent watercolour, on wove paper, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, (F967)
Tree roots in a sandy ground ('Les racines'), pencil, black chalk, brush in ink, brown and grey wash, opaque watercolour on watercolour paper, April–May 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F933, JH142).[Works 1][Works 2][Letters 1]
Sien Nursing Baby, watercolor and chalk
1882
Private collection (F1068)Mourning Woman Seated on a Basket (F1060, JH326), black lithographic crayon, grey wash, white and grey opaque watercolour, traces of squaring, on watercolour paper, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum [8]
Weeping Woman (F1069, JH325), Black and white chalk, with brush and stumping, brush and black and grey wash, and traces of graphite, over a brush and brown ink underdrawing on ivory wove paper, 1883, Art Institute of Chicago [9]
Girl Kneeling by a Cradle, March 1883, pencil, charcoal, heightened with white, Van Gogh Museum, (F1024)
Woman with Folded Hands, c. 1883
Orphan Man with Top Hat, drawing, 1883, Worcester Art Museum (F954)
Woman with Wheelbarrow, watercolor, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1021)
A Wood Auction also Lumber Sale, watercolor, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1113)
Landscape with a Church, Drawing with pencil and pen, 1883, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1238)
Loom With Weaver also Weaver at the Loom, drawing, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1122)
Weaver at the Loom, Pencil, pen and ink, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F1134)
The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures, watercolor, November, 1885, Private collection (F1234)
Prints
Annotated by the artist in ink at lower left: "At Eternity's gate" (lithograph, 1882, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art)[10] (F1662)
In the Orchard, aka Gardener near a Gnarled Apple Tree, The Hague: July - (middle of month), 1883, Pen transferred to lithograph, Private Collection
Potato Eaters, Lithograph (April 1885), reversed image, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Paris
Drawings, watercolours
Self-Portrait, Paris, 1886
Drawing, Apartment Blocks and Miscellaneous Studies, February–March 1887
Drawing of a Bust of a Young Warrior, February–March 1887
Tracing of the Japanese Courtesan Figure, 1887
Couple Out for a Stroll, August–September, 1887
Barn Owl Viewed from the Front, April–September, 1887
Barn Owl Viewed from the Side, April–September, 1887
The Quarries of Montmartre, Paris 1887 (F.1410)
pen and water-colour, 39.5 x 53.5 cm
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Arles
Drawings, watercolours
View to Saites-Maries, June 1888
On the Road to Tarascon, July 1888
The plain "La Crau" at Arles with a small train, July 1888
Café Terrace at Night, 1888, Reed pen and ink over pencil on laid paper, Dallas Museum of Art
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles, October 1888
Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888 Pen and ink and pencil, Saint Louis Art Museum
Langlois Bridge at Arles, April 1888
Rocks and Ruins, Montmajour 1888 (F.1446)
pen and ink, 47.5 × 59 cm
Rijksmuseum AmsterdamThe Mill of Alphonse Daudet in Fontevieille, Arles July 1888, watercolor and pen and ink
Boats on the Beach of Les-Saintes-Maries, June 1888, Pencil, pen and Indian ink, watercolour on paper
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888, Getty Museum
Old Peasant (Patience Escalier), September 1888 (F.1460)
pen and ink, 49.4 × 38 cm
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MAThe Night Café, September 1888, watercolor
Breton women, after the painting by Émile Bernard, 1888 (F.1422)
pen and water-colour, 47,5 x 62 cm
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, MilanGarden of the Hospital in Arles, April 1889
View of the park from Arles, April 1889
Langlois Bridge near Arles (Sketch from letter to Émile Bernard), March 1888, J. P. Morgan Library, New York City (JH 1370)
Drawbridge with Lady with Parasol, pen and ink, 23.5 × 31 cm.
1888
Los Angeles County Museum (F1471)Langlois Bridge, Arles, pen and ink, 35.5 × 47 cm.
May 1888
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (F1470)Drawbridge in Arles, crayon
1888
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence (F1416)
Saint-Rémy
Drawings and watercolours
Starry Night, after the painting, 1889 (F.1540)
pen, brush and ink, 47.1 × 62.2 cm
formerly Kunsthalle BremenCypresses (Les Cyprès), 1889, Reed pen, graphite, quill, brown ink and black ink on white wove latune et cie balcons paper, Brooklyn Museum
Corridor in Saint-Paul Hospital, Oil color and essence over black chalk on pink laid ("Ingres") paper
1889
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (F1529) [11]Entrance Hall of Saint-Paul Hospital, 1889, Black chalk, brush and thinned oil on pink paper, Van Gogh Museum
Fountain in the garden of the Hospital Saint-Paul, Black chalk, reed pen and ink, May, 1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1531)
Auvers
Drawings and watercolours
Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman, 1890, Brush in oil and watercolour, pencil on laid paper, Van Gogh Museum
Prints
Portrait of Doctor Gachet with Pipe, Auvers, May, 1890, etching
See also
Articles that include drawings, water-colours or prints:
- Early works of Vincent van Gogh
- Flowering Orchards (Van Gogh series)
- Hospital in Arles (Van Gogh series)
- Langlois Bridge at Arles (Van Gogh series)
- Portrait of Dr. Gachet
- Saintes-Maries (Van Gogh series)
- Yellow House (painting)
- The Zouave
Resources
Due to the considerable number of works on paper by Van Gogh, for a valid identification reference is to the numbers of Jacob Baart de la Faille's Catalogue raisonné (1928 & 1970) (F) or to Jan Hulsker's updated compilation (1978, revised 1989) (JH).
References
Literature
- Vincent van Gogh: Drawings, ed. Johannes van der Wolk, Ronald Pickvance & E. B. F. Pey, Arnoldo Mondadori Arte & De Luca Edizione d'Arte 1990 (editions in various languages: ISBN 88-242-0024-9 (Dutch))
- Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, ed. Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein etc., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005 ISBN 1-58839-164-7