Man Polishing a Boot
Vincent van Gogh · 1882 · graphite and gray and black wash, heightened with white watercolor on wove paper, squared lightly with graphite
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About this picture
Man Polishing a Boot is a public-domain drawing by Vincent van Gogh, dated 1882. Graphite and gray and black wash, heightened with white watercolor on wove paper, squared lightly with graphite. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Man Polishing a Boot” (1882) 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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