The Chairs

Do you know why Van Gogh painted two chairs: His old wooden

one and Gauguin's fancy one?

        Van Gogh's Chair         Gauguin's Chair  both painted by Van Gogh

Go to : http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0498_0499.htm  for a detailed description and analysis of these two paintings. We also read about these two painting in Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist. The author compairs the two chairs as portraits of the two artist."Gauguin is represented by a candlestick, two modern french novels, and a richly textured carpet to indicate his vitality adn sophistication. Vincent's more modest chair holds his pipe adn tobacco, Onions sprouting from a wooden box emphasize his affinity with the simpler, rural life."  ( by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan)