Basket of Apples
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, September 1885
oil on canvas, 45.0 cm x 60.4 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent explained exactly why he had chosen certain colour contrasts in this still life. For example, he used red accents in the apples alongside 'greenish things'. Red and green form a pair of what are known as complementary colours. Pairs like these form the basis of the colour theory of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), an artist Van Gogh greatly admired.
Vincent studied handbooks of colour and applied what he learned in his art. Theo was also gradually learning more about the subject, as shown by Vincent's somewhat cynical remark: 'well observed – but – did you come up with that on your own???'.
- F-number
- F0099
- JH-number
- JH0930
- Object number
- s0151V1962
- Dimensions
- 45.0 cm x 60.4 cm, 62.5 cm x 78 cm
- Provenance
- Sent by the artist from Nuenen to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, c. 13 October 1885; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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