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Portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Toulouse-Lautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · 1887

A pastel portrait of Van Gogh made in 1887 in Paris by fellow artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

A portrait of Van Gogh made by a fellow Paris artist who knew him, showing how his contemporaries saw him.

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Pastel portrait in profile of an older bearded man with light hair, seated at a table with his hand resting on it, a glass in the lower right. Warm orange and blue crayon strokes fill a window background.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, 1887.

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What it is

This is a pastel portrait of Vincent van Gogh made in 1887 by the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It shows Van Gogh in profile, seated at a table with a glass nearby, against a warm orange and blue background.

Why it matters

The portrait was made during Van Gogh's years in Paris, when he mixed with other artists including Toulouse-Lautrec. It shows how Van Gogh was seen by a fellow painter of his own time, and gives a visual record of him beyond his many self-portraits.

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  • What mood does the colour and brushwork create in this portrait?
  • Why might another painter's view of Van Gogh differ from his own self-portraits?
  • What details in the setting might tell us about where and how Van Gogh was living in Paris?

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