Weeping Woman
Vincent van Gogh · 1883 · Black and white chalk, with brush and stumping, brush and black and gray wash, and traces of graphite, over a brush and brown ink underdrawing on ivory wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Weeping Woman is a public-domain drawing by Vincent van Gogh, dated 1883. Black and white chalk, with brush and stumping, brush and black and gray wash, and traces of graphite, over a brush and brown ink underdrawing on ivory wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Weeping Woman” (1883) 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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