L'Arlésienne (painting)
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L'Arlésienne, L'Arlésienne (Madame Ginoux), or Portrait of Madame Ginoux is the title given to a group of six similar painting
s by Vincent van Gogh
, painted in Arles, November 1888 (or later), and in Auvers, February 1890. L'Arlésienne is pronounced 'lar lay zyen'; it means literally "the woman from Arles".
The subject, Marie Jullian (or Julien), was born in Arles
June 8, 1848 and died there August 2, 1911. She married Joseph-Michel Ginoux in 1866 and together they ran the Café de la Gare, 30 Place Lamartine, where Van Gogh lodged from May to mid September 1888. He had the Yellow House in Arles furnished to settle there.
Evidently until this time, Van Gogh's relations to M. and Mme. Ginoux had remained more or less commercial, but Gauguin
's arrival in Arles altered the situation. His courtship charmed the lady, then about 40 years of age, and in the first few days of November 1888 (November 1st, or more probably November 2nd) Madame Ginoux agreed to have a portrait session for Paul Gauguin, and his friend Van Gogh. Within an hour, Gauguin produced a charcoal drawing, while Vincent produced a full-scale painting.
in Paris
, is painted on burlap. A complete piece of this fabric was acquired by Gauguin just after his arrival in Arles, and used by both artists in November and December 1888.
For the second version, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York City
, Van Gogh again painted on the commercially pre-primed canvas he had previously used, and he replaced the gloves and umbrella with some books.
, Van Gogh painted another four portraits of Madame Ginoux, based on Gauguin's charcoal drawing of November 1888.
On 2 May, 2006 the painting with the floral background sold at auction at Christie's
Galleries at Rockefeller Center
, New York, for more than $40 million (USD).
Painting
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s by Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
, painted in Arles, November 1888 (or later), and in Auvers, February 1890. L'Arlésienne is pronounced 'lar lay zyen'; it means literally "the woman from Arles".
The subject, Marie Jullian (or Julien), was born in Arles
Arles
Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
June 8, 1848 and died there August 2, 1911. She married Joseph-Michel Ginoux in 1866 and together they ran the Café de la Gare, 30 Place Lamartine, where Van Gogh lodged from May to mid September 1888. He had the Yellow House in Arles furnished to settle there.
Evidently until this time, Van Gogh's relations to M. and Mme. Ginoux had remained more or less commercial, but Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
's arrival in Arles altered the situation. His courtship charmed the lady, then about 40 years of age, and in the first few days of November 1888 (November 1st, or more probably November 2nd) Madame Ginoux agreed to have a portrait session for Paul Gauguin, and his friend Van Gogh. Within an hour, Gauguin produced a charcoal drawing, while Vincent produced a full-scale painting.
November 1888 version and its repetition
Van Gogh's first version, now in the Musée d'OrsayMusée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,...
in Paris
Paris
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, is painted on burlap. A complete piece of this fabric was acquired by Gauguin just after his arrival in Arles, and used by both artists in November and December 1888.
For the second version, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
in New York City
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, Van Gogh again painted on the commercially pre-primed canvas he had previously used, and he replaced the gloves and umbrella with some books.
February 1890 versions
While in the asylum at Saint-RémySaint-Rémy-de-Provence
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:...
, Van Gogh painted another four portraits of Madame Ginoux, based on Gauguin's charcoal drawing of November 1888.
On 2 May, 2006 the painting with the floral background sold at auction at Christie's
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Galleries at Rockefeller Center
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, New York, for more than $40 million (USD).
Gauguin's versions
Gauguin produced a charcoal sketch at the original sitting of Madame Ginoux in November 1888, and later produced a canvas.The Arena
Members of the Roulin Family are depicted in this portrait, and the woman in Arlésienne costume has the profile of Madame Ginoux.