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Vincent van Gogh

Paintings from the last five years of his life, all of them from the Met. Roses and irises, olive trees and cypresses, a pair of worn shoes, the people of Arles. Almost every one is built from short, loaded brushstrokes you can follow with your eye.

As a puzzle

The kindest pictures on this site to build. All that visible brushwork gives every piece its own direction and colour, so even a plain patch of wheat or sky tells you where it belongs. You can go high on the count here without it turning into work.

A good size here: 150–400 pieces.

Also filed under Post-Impressionism

Subjects here: Still LifeFlowersPortraitsLandscapesChildrenBooksGardensEveryday Life

17 pictures, pick one to build

Wheat Field with Cypresses 1889 Shoes 1888 L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) 1888–89 La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930) 1889 Irises 1890 Madame Roulin and Her Baby 1888 Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) 1887 Women Picking Olives 1889 First Steps, after Millet 1890 Oleanders 1888 Cypresses 1889 Roses 1890 Olive Trees 1889 Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace 1885 Sunflowers 1887 The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat) 1885 Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase 1890