Self-Portrait in a straw hat

Date: 1887
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dimensions: 41 x 33

The painting shows a man with a red beard and a wide straw hat. He has blue eyes and a distant gaze. It is a post-impressionist style portrait with visible brushstrokes and vivid colours. The background is abstract with blue and white strokes creating a swirling effect. The person expresses a serious expression, yet there is a touch of gentleness on his face. Overall the work has an emotional and introspective feel.

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Gogh painted picture Self-Portrait in a straw hat in 1887. Prevailing color of this fine art print is yellow and its shape is portrait. Original size is 41 x 33. This art piece is located in Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch painter belonging to Post-Impressionism. His paintings (some 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches) are among the most famous in the world and are sold for exorbitant sums (except for those in our shop). Parisian Impressionists He lived in Paris from 1886 and was influenced by the use of bright colours - most of his works were painted during this period. In his paintings, Gogh uses contrasting colours (often blue and orange - he said that I want to use colours other contrasts to each of them shone even more to contrast a man and a woman). He was known for his excesses and amputated an ear after the break-up of his friendship with Gauguin. There is a lot of speculation about this incident (he possibly suffered from heavy metal poisoning from paint that had caused mental problems). In 1890, unfortunately he committed suicide.