一双皮面木屐
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), 普罗旺斯的圣雷米, 1889年秋
布面油画,
32.2 cm x 40.5 cm
Credits: 凡高美术馆，阿姆斯特丹（文森特·凡高基金会）
Van Gogh repeatedly took shoes as his subject. He painted these wooden-soled leather clogs in the southern French town of Saint-Rémy. He was being treated for his psychiatric problems in a clinic and for a short period was reluctant to go outside. He continued to paint, however, as soon as he felt well enough. It was at this time that he painted these clogs.
The clogs are shown in close-up, on a rather unnaturally tilted surface. Van Gogh had employed this unusual way of handling perspective before. The meticulous pattern of small stripes also occurs in pictures painted two years previously.