L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) 1888–89 Vincent van Gogh Dutch While in Arles, Van Gogh painted two very similar portraits of Marie Ginoux, the proprietress of the Café de la Gare, wearing the regional costume of the legendary dark-haired beauties of Arles. The first version, which he described in a letter of November 1888 as "an Arlé knocked off in one hour," must be the more thinly and summarily executed portrait in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. In it a parasol and gloves lie on the table instead of books. This portrait belonged to the sitter until she
L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) 1888–89 Vincent van Gogh Dutch While in Arles, Van Gogh painted two very similar portraits of Marie Ginoux, the proprietress of the Café de la Gare, wearing the regional costume of the legendary dark-haired beauties of Arles. The first version, which he described in a letter of November 1888 as "an Arlé knocked off in one hour," must be the more thinly and summarily executed portrait in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. In it a parasol and gloves lie on the table instead of books. This portrait belonged to the sitter until she sold it in 1895. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #9502. L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible. Buy a print Custom framed to suit your space. L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) 436529
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