1888 Arles Public domain

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Arles · 1888–1889

The Roulin Family

La Famille Roulin · 鲁兰一家

The postman, his wife and three children, painted as a family group Vincent hoped would sell.

About the painting

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Period

The Yellow House, the orchards and the strongest light he ever painted.

Year: 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Period: Arles (1888–1889)
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Palette: blue, green, orange

Reference articles · 10

Ten angles on one painting: what it shows, how it was painted, what Vincent wrote, where it hangs, how it survives printing, and what to hang it next to.