Skulls in Art (’Halloween in Art’ Series)
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'Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret), (1885–86),
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890),
Oil on canvas, H 32 cm × W 24.5 cm,
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1973–).
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'Pyramid of Skulls,' (1901),
Paul Cézanne (1839–1906),
Oil on canvas, H 37 cm × W 45.5 cm,
Private Collection.
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'Vanitas Still Life,' (1630),
Pieter Claesz (1597–1660),
Oil on panel, H 39.5 cm x W 56 cm,
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands (1960–).
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'Skull,' (1887),
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890),
Oil on canvas, H 42.4 cm x W 30.4 cm,
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) (1994–).
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Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret
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Vincent Van Gogh
Skull of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette/Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret
c. 1885–86
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shoutout to the smallish percentage of people with profile pictures of van gogh's kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret who aren't fucking losers
this painting Fucks and there cannot be enough positive representation of it. i have it on a mug. i love this skeletal boy
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Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette
Dutch: Kop van een Skelet met Brandende Sigaret
Vincent van Gogh; winter of 1885-1886
Oil-on-canvas; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Terror Tuesday #5
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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A trio of Van Gogh’s skulls:
Skull, 1887
Skull, 1887
Probably his most famous skull painting:
Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret (Head of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette), 1886.
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"I am not saying that we should love death, but rather that we should love life so generously, without picking and choosing, that we automatically include it (life's other half) in our love. This is what actually happens in the great expansiveness of love, which cannot be stopped or constricted. It is only because we exclude it that death becomes more and more foreign to us and, ultimately, our enemy. It is conceivable that death is infinitely closer to us than life itself. What do we know of it?"
Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke
Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette / Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret, by Vincent van Gogh, 1885–86
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MUSEO IRREVERENTES: “Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret” (1885-1886)
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)Óleo sobre lienzo32.5 cm x 24 cmVan Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Países Bajos)
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“Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret”
— Vincent Van Gogh
(“Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette”)
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Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret, 1885
Mads Mikkelsen on the set of Hannibal, 2015
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kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret - vincent van gogh // memento mori - crywank
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Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret. Vicent Van Gogh.
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Vincent van Gogh, Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret (Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette) ca. 1886
M.C. Escher, Skull with Cigarette, 1917
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“...and it seems all a lie, what they’ve told me so far”
Tamino -- ‘Cigar’ (x) // Vincent van Gogh -- ‘Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette’ (’Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret’) (x)
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Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, 1885–86
Vincent van Gogh
Description and images via Wiki: "Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Dutch: Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) is an early work by Vincent van Gogh. The small and undated oil-on-canvas painting featuring a skeleton and cigarette is part of the permanent collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam It was probably painted in the winter of 1885–86 as a humorous comment on conservative academic practices – before painting live human models, the academic routine would have included studies of skeletons, to develop an understanding of human anatomy – an assumption based on the fact that Van Gogh was in Antwerp at that time, attending classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, classes he would later say were boring and taught him nothing.
Hanging Skeleton and Cat, Paris, March-May 1886
Van Gogh included skeletons in another work from his Antwerp period, a sketch of a "Hanging skeleton and cat". In 1887–88, van Gogh painted two more paintings with skulls, the only other works of his (besides a drawing from the same period) to use skulls as a motif.
The work measures 32 by 24.5 centimetres (12.6 in × 9.6 in). It is considered a vanitas or memento mori, at a time when Van Gogh himself was in poor health. It may be influenced by works of Hercules Segers, a 17th-century Dutch artist, or of Félicien Rops, a Belgian contemporary of Van Gogh. Although often interpreted as a criticism of smoking, Van Gogh was a keen smoker himself, and continued to smoke until his death in 1890.
In 2008, the painting was used by graphic designer Chip Kidd on the first edition cover for When You Are Engulfed in Flames, a collection of essays written by David Sedaris. Sedaris is said to have been "fascinated with the image" after seeing it on a postcard during a trip to Amsterdam.
The painting was held by Van Gogh's brother Theo Van Gogh at the time of his death in 1891. It was inherited by his widow Johanna van Gogh-Bonger until her death in 1925, and then by their son Vincent Willem van Gogh until 1962, when it was acquired by the Van Gogh Foundation. It was on loan to the Stedelijk Museum from 1962 to 1973, and has been on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam since 1973." (wikipedia)
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MUSEO VAN GOGH
Awesomeamsterdam (2011). Van Gogh Museum [Fotografía]. Recuperado de: https://loqi.com/blogs/stories/loqi-meets-van-gogh-museum
Recientemente escribimos sobre Ámsterdam y mencionamos algunos museos que no te deberías perder si decides viajar a esta bellísima ciudad. El museo Van Gogh es un museo emblemático por sus modernas instalaciones y conserva la colección más grande del pintor Vincent Van Gogh, el artista más popular de esta época. Su ubicación es Paulus Potterstraat 7, 1071 CX, Amsterdam, Holanda, ubicado entre el museo Rijksmuseum y el Stedelijk, con un horario de 9:00 a 18:00 y los viernes a las 22:00.
Vincent Van Gogh es un pintor postimpresionista que reflejó la vida en sus obras los primeros años de su carrera, en el impresionismo su pintura demuestra la observación de la naturaleza utilizando mucho la luz y el color que se destacaron por ser pinturas más alegres, realizó más de 30 autorretratos; sin embargo, su popularidad incrementó en 1891 un año después de morir y hoy es uno de los grandes pintores modernos. El museo cuenta en una exhibición de 200 pinturas y más de 500 dibujos de este pintor, pero no sólo eso, sino que también podremos admirar la colección de cartas de Van Gogh. Las obras están organizadas por secciones de forma cronológica, comenzando por las etapas de su vida y carrera: Holanda, París, Arles, Saint-Rémy y Auvers-sur-Oise; te llevarán a observar la evolución del artista tanto en su vida y en sus obras que reflejan su historia en cada uno de sus cuadros.
Hablando de las obras más destacadas está la calavera con un cigarro que lleva el nombre de “Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret” en 1886, el “Almond Blossom” en 1890 fue pintada cuando Van Gogh se reclutó voluntariamente al sanatorio mental y “El sembrador”. Los últimos años de la carrera de Van Gogh fueron bastante difíciles por sus problemas psiquiátricos que lo llevaron a cortarse una parte de su oreja izquierda tras un ataque de crisis mental en 1888. Un año después ingresó a un hospital psiquiátrico que, en vez de ayudarlo a sanar, su estado mental terminó por deteriorarse mucho más y se suicidó con un disparo en el pecho en 1890.
-Por: Aylin Patricia Aquino Martinez
REFERENCIAS:
Civitatis. (s.f). Museo Van Gogh. Septiembre 14, 2019, de Civitatis Sitio web: https://www.disfrutaamsterdam.com/museo-van-gogh
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