The Church at Auvers ☳ Van Gogh ☶ Canvas mosaicThe Church at Auvers (1890) by Vincent van Gogh depicts the glise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption) in Auvers, 17 miles northwest of Paris. The foreground is a brightly lit intersection of two paths, while the church sits in shadow. The motif of diverging paths also appears in Wheat Field with Crows. Van Gogh is buried, along with his brother Theo, in the town cemetery not far from the church.
le Réveil du Printemps) by Paul Gauguin symbolically depicts a young woman's loss of virginity
with another couple in the background
The painting would eventually find a home in a dining room filled with Kangxi ceramics with matching decor chosen by Whistler himself
viewing them with human characteristics
The Little Street
The painting captures a moment of leisure and sensuality
wearing a cloak decorated with a mosaic of flowers
It depicts a tiger stalking its prey during a raging storm
filling and seemingly extending beyond the frame
Technically not a portrait
Patience Escalier
and the composition references Dürer's Knight