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4.07.2010

Van Gogh's Side of Bread

Vincent Van Gogh my favorite artist's relationship with food was portrayed as complicated. Like his fellow Protestants, he equated virtue with an absence from the luxaries of life. Van Gogh demontrated this especially in his food choices, which he often reduced to its essence, "bread." For Van Gogh, bread was pure nourishment or fuel, much like potatoes were the essence of sustenance in his painting The Potato Eaters painted in 1885 with oil paints on cavas.


Vincent Van Gogh (The Potato Eaters) Art Poster Print - 13" X 19" $3.99
Vincent Willem van Gogh (The potato eaters) Framed Art Poster Print - 13" X 19" $19.99
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  1. Dasheen1.5.10

    Very interesting post Aleesha. I had no clue. It made me think of Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper', I think there was bread somehwere in that one. So when do you start painting again?

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