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Only One Painting Van Gogh Sold
Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist Master whose innovative artwork powerfully influenced modern Expressionism, Fauvism, and early abstraction. Astoundingly prolific, Van Gogh produced all of his work during a 10-year period, at one point, creating 150 paintings and drawings within one year.
Painting outdoors, Van Gogh uniquely captured the nighttime nuances of light and shadow, and was also renowned for his paintings of sunflowers and irises. Tormented by mental illness for most of his life, Van Gogh created many of his masterpieces while he was institutionalized. Although Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime, he is now regarded as one of the most profoundly influential artists of the 19th century.
“The Red Vineyard at Arles” was the only painting sold during the lifetime of Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh, despite his extraordinary artistic talents. One of Van Gogh’s (1853 – 1890) works auctioned for an incredible $82.5 million in 1990, yet this piece sold for only $1,600, compounding the troubles that plagued him. Anna Boch, herself an impressionist painter and the sister of one of Van Gogh’s friends, bought the artwork.
After an evening stroll past a vineyard, Van Gogh painted this piece entirely from memory. Disregarding established theories regarding contrasting colors, Van Gogh expertly dominated the painting with daringly bright red and yellow.
In a letter to his brother Theo from Arles (c.6 November 1888) Vincent describes the scene he subsequently painted: “… we saw a red vineyard, all red like red wine. In the distance it turned to yellow, and then a green sky with the sun, the earth after the rain violet, sparkling yellow here and there where it caught the reflection of the setting sun.”
After his death five months later, and that of his brother Theo soon thereafter, it was Van Gogh’s sister in law Johanna van Gogh-Bonger who strove to establish a market for Vincent’s paintings. She also delayed the publication of his letters so that the public would get to know the paintings before the man. “It would have been unfair to the dead artist to arouse interest in his person before the work, to which he had sacrificed his life, was recognized and appreciated as it deserved to be.
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