![]() 1943), Boston 1935, gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, to the MFA. A289) and Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Ltd., London 1928, sold by Knoedler to Robert Treat Paine, 2nd (b. The postman Joseph Roulin, who Vincent van Gogh (18531890) made famous through a series of portraits, will be exhibited for the first time in the National Gallery of Art’s West Building French Galleries from June 8 to September 18, 2014. 1971), La Hulpe, Belgium February 11, 1919, Théa Sternheim sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 8, not sold until 1928, in the Sternheim collection 1928, sold by Théa Sternheim, through Alfred Flechtheim, to the Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris 1928, sold by Bignou to M. ![]() 19248) and Paul Cassirer, Inc., Berlin 1916, sold by Cassirer to Carl Sternheim (b. 1911), The Hague May 21-22, 1912, posthumous Hoogendijk sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 26, to Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 1939), Paris probably September 1, 1897, sold by Vollard to Cornelis Hoogendijk (b. The friendship with Joseph Roulin and his family offered Van Gogh comfort and companionship. Van Gogh went there frequently to send paintings to his brother Theo in the Netherlands and they became close friends. The poppies, cornflowers, daisies and roses are painted fairly precisely, in contrast to Joseph’s face and full beard with the stylized curls. In this colourful painting he chose summer flowers. Van Gogh described the family as 'really French, even if they look like Russians. The family included Joseph Roulin, the postman his wife, Augustine and their three children. Provenienza: 1889, given or left by the artist to Joseph and Marie Ginoux, Arles July 9, 1897, sold by the Ginoux, through Henri Laget, to Ambroise Vollard (b. Joseph Roulin worked as the postmaster at the station in Arles. Between August 1888 and April 1889 he painted six consecutive portraits of Joseph, three of which had flowers in the background. Van Gogh painted the family of postman Joseph Roulin in the winter of 1888, every member more than once.
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