Vincent Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists. When I ran across this painting, I was not familiar with it, so I did some investigating. It was explained (on vincentvangogh.org) that a fellow student in Paris remembered Vincent buying these boots at a flea market, hoping to use them for a still life. But […]
Tag Archives: Vincent Van Gogh
June
10
Slowing Down
posted by laurieetta
Vincent van Gogh is one of my all-time favorite artists and I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon this painting by French painter, Léon-Augustin Lhermitte, titled Making Hay. As it turns out, Lhermitte was a great source of inspiration for Van Gogh. He became known as a painter of peasant life and Van Gogh […]
November
06
Walking in Another Person’s Shoes
posted by laurieetta
I ran across this quote on a blog by Gehad Gamal and I’m not sure if she wrote it or if it should be attributed to someone else, but it struck me. No human being can be more human than another human being.I liberate you from my ignorance. Have you ever thought of someone as […]
August
30
The Open Bible
posted by laurieetta
This is a painting by Vincent van Gogh that I had not seen before, and being a big van Gogh fan, I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon it. As it turns out, van Gogh’s father was a Protestant minister, and some believe that this is his Bible. After his father’s death, van Gogh feverishly […]
April
05
“I’ll be praying for you.”
posted by laurieetta
This monochromatic pencil and ink sketch is so simple, yet poignant. The old man’s altar is an unimpressive piece of furniture—nothing grand or ornate. He doesn’t need a church altar or padded pew. The humility depicted in this scene may be the reason it feels intimate. In solitude and without fanfare, a faithful man talks […]
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