Vincent van Gogh
フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ · 1853–1890
Portrait of Père Tanguy — 200gsm T-Shirt
Père Tanguy, the kindly paint seller of Montmartre, sits with folded hands against a wall of Japanese prints (1887).
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The story and details
The story: Julien Tanguy sold colours to the young painters of Paris and often took their canvases instead of payment; Van Gogh counted him as a friend. He painted him in front of the Japanese woodblock prints he loved and collected — Mount Fuji rising just above Tanguy’s hat, a courtesan, cherry trees in bloom — so that the portrait is also a declaration of everything Van Gogh had learned from Japan. The painting is in the Musée Rodin, Paris. Printed to order on soft cotton.
The museum’s neck label
The artist
フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ — Vincent van Gogh, 1853–1890.
Japonisme's most ardent disciple — he copied Hiroshige in oil paint.
