Tetards (Pollards)
Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Pen and brown ink, with touches of pen and black ink, graphite and graphite frottage, and traces of black chalk, on grayish-white paper laid down on cardboard
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About this picture
Tetards (Pollards) is a public-domain drawing by Vincent van Gogh, dated 1884. Pen and brown ink, with touches of pen and black ink, graphite and graphite frottage, and traces of black chalk, on grayish-white paper laid down on cardboard. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Tetards (Pollards)” (1884) comes from the short working life, about 1880 to 1890, in which Van Gogh made nearly all his pictures. The date is what places it in Nuenen, Paris, Arles, or Auvers.
About the artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch painter who made most of his pictures in the last ten years of his life, in the Netherlands, Paris, Arles, and Auvers. Drawing from nature, thick paint, and intense color are the constants.
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