You can’t divide Van Gogh’s biography from his work, but neither can you ignore the fact that, even as he unflinchingly portrayed himself, and effects of his illness, he hoped painting would be his salvation, his escape. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The bonus of having so many self-portraits condensed into so short a period is that you can see the huge shift in his art in his last three years. In a painting made between December 1886 and January 1887, Van Gogh’s smoothly painted red beard barely emerges from the gloom, but within months, it’s blazing crimson and orange, realised in thick, broken lines. It’s an astonishing development.
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