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Great edits! I do find, though, that F348a is named "Le Moulin de la Galette" (vangoghgallery.com and vggallery.com) so I added it back in. Am I missing something?
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File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette'' also ''The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre''<br />1886<br />[[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], Glasgow (F274)
File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette'' also ''The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre''<br />1886<br />[[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], Glasgow (F274)
File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette5.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette''<br />1886<br />[[Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)]], Argentina (F348)
File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette5.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette''<br />1886<br />[[Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)]], Argentina (F348)
File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette8.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette''<br>1886<br>[[Carnegie Museum of Art]], Pittsburg (F348a)
File:Van Gogh - Le Moulin de la Galette4.jpeg|''Le Moulin de la Galette''<br />1886<br />Private collection (F349)
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For Auguste Renoir's painting, see Bal du moulin de la Galette. For the windmill and cabaret, see Moulin de la Galette.
Le Moulin de la Galette
ArtistVincent van Gogh
Year1886
TypeOil on canvas
Dimensions46 cm × 38 cm (18 in × 15 in)
LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Le Moulin de la Galette is the subject and title of several paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1886.

Paris

In 1886 van Gogh left Holland for Paris and the guidance of his brother Theo van Gogh. While van Gogh had been influenced by great masters in Holland, coming to Paris meant that he would have the opportunity to be influenced by Impressionists, Symbolists, Pointillists, and Japanese art. His circle of friends included Camille Pissarro, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard and others.[1]

Montmartre, sitting on a butte overlooking Paris, was known for its bars, cafes, and dance-hall. It was also located on the edge of countryside that afforded van Gogh the opportunity to work on paintings of rural settings while living in Paris.[2]

The landscape and windmills around Montmartre were the source of inspiration for a number of van Gogh's paintings. Moulin de la Galette, still standing, is located near the apartment that van Gogh shared with his brother Theo from 1886 until 1888. Built in 1622, it was originally called Blute-Fin and belonged to the Debray family in the 19th century. Van Gogh met artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Signac and Paul Gauguin who inspired him to incorporate Impressionism into his artwork that, among other things, resulted in lighter, more colorful works of art.[3]

Moulin de la Galette was also the name of an outdoor dance hall that was located between two of the last windmills on a Montmartre hilltop. In addition to van Gogh, Toulouse-Latrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir also painted Moulin de la Galette.[4] Renoir's painting of the dance hall is titled Bal du moulin de la Galette.

The paintings

Three paintings with similar compositions

Other paintings titled Le Moulin de la Galette

Le Moulin de la Galette, also called The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre (F274) reflects van Gogh's artistic transition from his work in Holland which was somber and heavy. Influenced by Impressionism, van Gogh's painted this work with lighter colors and unrestrained brushstrokes to capture light and movement. Van Gogh made the painting from an empty lot on rue Lepic, the street in which he lived with Theo. The painting features the Moulin de Blute-Fin, a 17th century grain-mill, which was an attraction for its views of Paris. At this time there were three windmills on the butte, but this was the windmill van Gogh favored as a subject for his paintings. Moulin a Poivre, a second windmill, is just inside the left frame of the painting on the horizon. The painting was sold by Scottish art dealer Alex Reid to William McInnes and with van Gogh's Portrait of Alexander Reid is in the collection of Glasgow Museums.[2]

Le Moulin de la Gillette (F348) is an example how van Gogh used a technique for heavily applying paint called impasto that it created a relief effect, partly to convey emotion. The brushstrokes in the windmill and doorsteps are noticeable. The faces of the two people were created with just a couple of brushstrokes.[5]

Blute-Fin windmill paintings

In addition to Le Moulin de la Galette (F274), which is also named The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre, there are several other paintings with the name Blute-Fin.

  • Le Moulin de blute-fin, 1886 Zwolle, Museum De Fundatie [6]
    Le Moulin de blute-fin,
    1886
    Zwolle, Museum De Fundatie [6]
  • Le Moulin de Blute-Fin 1886 Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo (F273)
    Le Moulin de Blute-Fin
    1886
    Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo (F273)
  • Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre 1886 Art Institute of Chicago (F272)
    Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
    1886
    Art Institute of Chicago (F272)

Other windmill paintings

Van Gogh made other paintings that included windmills, such as:[7]

  • View of Paris, Paris, 1887 shows a windmill on a hill overlooking Paris
  • The Hill of Monmartre with Stone Quarry, Paris, 1886 includes two windmills
  • Vegetable Gardens, Paris, 1886 also shows two windmills

Here are the images of paintings from van Gogh's period in Paris that include windmills:

  • The Hill of Montmartre with Stone Quarry 1886 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F229)
    The Hill of Montmartre with Stone Quarry
    1886
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F229)
  • The Hill of Montmartre with Quarry 1886 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F230)
    The Hill of Montmartre with Quarry
    1886
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F230)
  • The Hill of Montmartre also View of Montmartre with Windmills 1886 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F266)
    The Hill of Montmartre also View of Montmartre with Windmills
    1886
    Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F266)
  • Windmill on Montmartre (b/w copy) 1886 Destroyed by fire in 1967 (F271)
    Windmill on Montmartre (b/w copy)
    1886
    Destroyed by fire in 1967 (F271)
  • Vegetable Gardens in Montmartre: La Butte Montmartre 1887 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F346)
    Vegetable Gardens in Montmartre: La Butte Montmartre
    1887
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F346)
  • Street Scene in Montmartre: Le Moulin a Poivre 1887 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F347)
    Street Scene in Montmartre: Le Moulin a Poivre
    1887
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F347)
  • Vegetable Gardens in Montmartre: La Butte Montmartre 1887 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (F350)
    Vegetable Gardens in Montmartre: La Butte Montmartre
    1887
    Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (F350)
  • Street Scene in Montmartre 1887 Private collection (No F number, JH1240)
    Street Scene in Montmartre
    1887
    Private collection (No F number, JH1240)

References

  1. ^ Wallace, R (1969). Editors of Time-Life Books (ed.). The World of Van Gogh (1853–1890). Alexandria, VA, USA: Time-Life Books. p. 40, 69. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Hamilton, V; Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery (2002). Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century French painting from. New Haven and London: Yale University Press with Glasgow Musuems. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-902-75265-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Mroue, H (1999). Frommer's Memorable Walks in Paris. Hoboken: Wiley Publishing Inc. p. 123. ISBN 0-471-77648-3.
  4. ^ Williams, E (1999). Picasso's Paris: walking tours of the artist's life in the city. New York: The Little Bookroom. p. 19. ISBN 0-9641262-7-3.
  5. ^ Estefanía, L (2005). A Visit to Buenos Aires National Museum of Fine Arts. Buenos Aires: Editorial Albatros SACI. p. 33. ISBN 978-950-24-1171-2.
  6. ^ Art Daily Van Gogh Experts Authenticate Unusual Painting Now on View at Museum de Fundatie
  7. ^ Moon, F and Moon, F.C (2007). The machines of Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Kinematics of Machines. Dordrect: Springer. p. 186.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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