Framed Van Gogh Portrait
Vincent Van Gogh used his portraits to convey more than just what a person looks like; his framed Van Gogh portraits use techniques that allow the audience to see what the portrayed was truly like and what Van Gogh thought of him. His most popular portraits include “Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1889” and “Old Man in Sorrow”.
In his painting “Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1889,” Van Gogh used the technique of painting a person in the middle of his life. Instead of sitting down a modeling, Joseph Roulin is pictured in the midst of his life as a postman. Roulin was a close friend of Van Gogh, and so Van Gogh painted many portraits of him, depicting the friend he had in Roulin.
Another popular framed Van Gogh art piece is “Old Man in Sorrow.” Van Gogh painted this during the time before his death. He had suffered from mental illness, and this certainly had an effect on his paintings. This painting in particular shows the trauma that Van Gogh faced in his life. He was becoming sick and seemed to know that death was on its way. He painted this emotion of sorrow and worry when death was knocking at his door.
Van Gogh’s portraits all go deeper than a simple picture of a person. He knew how to put the emotion of a person and the emotion of himself into the painting. These portraits captured the heart of the person, and for that reason, audiences are captivated by these heartfelt emotions.