Drawings, water-colours and prints by Vincent van Gogh

Drawings and water-colours and prints by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of works on paper and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) that form an important part of his complete body of work.

London

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  Van Gogh's 1873 or 1874 drawing of 87 Hackford Road

Etten, Drenthe, The Hague, Neunen

Heath with Wheelbarrow, watercolor, Autumn 1883, The Cleveland Museum of Art (F1100). Unable to find people to pose for him in Drenthe, Van Gogh paints this watercolor of the heath and represents the work of a peasant by the presence of the wheelbarrow.^[1]

Drawings and watercolors

Study of Hands, 1885, Van Gogh Museum

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  The Sower (after Millet), 1881, drawing
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  Crouching boy with sickle, October 1881, watercolor and chalk
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  Peasant Sitting by the Fireplace ('Worn Out') 1881, (F863, JH34), watercolor, P. and N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam ^[2]
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  Woman Sewing, 1881-1882, P. and N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam (F869)
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  Sorrowful old man (F998, JH269) pencil, black lithographic crayon, wash, white opaque watercolour, on watercolour paper, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum ^[3]
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  Worn Out (F997, JH267), pencil on watercolor paper 1882, Van Gogh Museum ^[4]
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  Prayer Before the Meal, pencil, black chalk, ink, heightened with white 1882, private collection, (F1002)
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  Man with a Spade Resting aka Workman with Spade, 1882, The Hague
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  The Sower, Pencil, brush and ink, 1882, P. und N. de Boer, Amsterdam (F852)
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  Sorrow, 1882, There are several versions of this drawing. Van Gogh also made a lithograph of Sorrow.^[5] In early April 1882 Van Gogh sent one of them to Theo, referring to it as "the best figure I have drawn yet." The model posing was Clasina (Sien) Hoornik, whom he had met shortly after his arrival in The Hague and taken in with her daughter afterwards.^[6] He had met Sien towards the end of January,^[7]
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  Sorrow, 1882, (F929)
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  Sien Nursing Baby, Half-Figure, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1062)
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  Sien Nursing Baby, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1063)
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  Sien Nursing Baby, drawing, 1882, Private collection (F1064)
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  Sien Nursing Baby, Half-Figure, drawing, 1882, Private collection, (F1065)
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  Sien Nursing Baby, watercolor, 1882, Private collection (F1068)
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  Sien with Child on her Lap, drawing, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands (F1071)
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  Roofs ("Rijswijksche Weilanden en Timmermanswerf"), The Hague 1882 (F.943)
  water-colour, 39 x 55 cm
  Private collection (F943)
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  View of The Hague with the New Church, Watercolor, 1882, Collection of Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, The Hague (F1680)
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  Soup Distribution in a Public Soup Kitchen, drawing, 1883, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1020a)
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  The Public Soup Kitchen, watercolor, 1883, Private collection (F1020b)
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  Shepherd with Flock near a Little Church at Zweeloo, Drawing, Pen and pencil, 1883, Private collection (F877)
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  Sien with a cigar, sitting on the floor beside the fireplace, The Hague 1882, Pencil, black chalk, pen and brush, Kröller-Müller Museum, (F898)
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  The Iron Mill in The Hague, watercolor
  1882
  Private collection (F926)
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  Meadows near Rijswijk, watercolor
  1882
  Private collection (F927)
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  Pollard Willow, watercolor
  1882
  Private collection (F947)
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  Portrait of Jozef Blok also The Bookseller Blok, watercolor
  1882
  Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F993)
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  The Potato Market, watercolor, 1882, Private collection (F1091)
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  Church Pew with Worshippers, pencil, pen and ink, opaque and transparent watercolour, on wove paper, 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, (F967)
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  Tree roots in a sandy ground ('Les racines'), pencil, black chalk, brush in ink, brown and grey wash, opaque watercolour on watercolour paper, April–May 1882, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F933, JH142).^{[Works 1][Works 2][8]}
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  Sien Nursing Baby, watercolor and chalk
  1882
  Private collection (F1068)
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  Mourning Woman Seated on a Basket (F1060, JH326), black lithographic crayon, grey wash, white and grey opaque watercolour, traces of squaring, on watercolour paper, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum ^[9]
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  Weeping Woman (F1069, JH325), Black and white chalk, with brush and stumping, brush and black and grey wash, and traces of graphite, over a brush and brown ink underdrawing on ivory wove paper, 1883, Art Institute of Chicago ^[10]
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  Girl Kneeling by a Cradle, March 1883, pencil, charcoal, heightened with white, Van Gogh Museum, (F1024)
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  Woman with Folded Hands, c. 1883
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  Orphan Man with Top Hat, drawing, 1883, Worcester Art Museum (F954)
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  Woman with Wheelbarrow, watercolor, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1021)
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  A Wood Auction also Lumber Sale, watercolor, 1883, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1113)
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  Landscape with a Church, Drawing with pencil and pen, 1883, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1238)
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  Loom With Weaver also Weaver at the Loom, drawing, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands (F1122)
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  Weaver at the Loom, Pencil, pen and ink, 1884, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F1134)
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  The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures, watercolor, November, 1885, Private collection (F1234)

Prints

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  Annotated by the artist in ink at lower left: "At Eternity's gate" (lithograph, 1882, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art)^[11] (F1662)
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  In the Orchard, aka Gardener near a Gnarled Apple Tree, The Hague: July - (middle of month), 1883, Pen transferred to lithograph, Private Collection
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  Potato Eaters, Lithograph (April 1885), reversed image, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Paris

Drawings, watercolours

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  Self-Portrait, Paris, 1886
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  Drawing, Apartment Blocks and Miscellaneous Studies, February–March 1887
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  Drawing of a Bust of a Young Warrior, February–March 1887
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  Tracing of the Japanese Courtesan Figure, 1887
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  Couple Out for a Stroll, August–September, 1887
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  Barn Owl Viewed from the Front, April–September, 1887
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  Barn Owl Viewed from the Side, April–September, 1887
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  The Quarries of Montmartre, Paris 1887 (F.1410)
  pen and water-colour, 39.5 x 53.5 cm
  Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Arles

The Yellow House, c. 1888, watercolour

Drawings, watercolours

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  View to Saites-Maries, June 1888
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  Boats at Saintes-Maries, Late July-early August 1888, Reed pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, 24.3 × 31.9 cm (9.6 × 12.6 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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  On the Road to Tarascon, July 1888
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  The Road to Tarascon, Reed pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, Late July-early August 1888, 24.3 × 31.9 cm (9.6 × 12.6 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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  The plain "La Crau" at Arles with a small train, July 1888
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  Café Terrace at Night, 1888, Reed pen and ink over pencil on laid paper, Dallas Museum of Art
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  Vincent's Bedroom in Arles, October 1888
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  Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888 Pen and ink and pencil, Saint Louis Art Museum
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  Langlois Bridge at Arles, April 1888
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  Rocks and Ruins, Montmajour 1888 (F.1446)
  pen and ink, 47.5 × 59 cm
  Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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  The Mill of Alphonse Daudet in Fontevieille, Arles July 1888, watercolor and pen and ink
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  Boats on the Beach of Les-Saintes-Maries, June 1888, Pencil, pen and Indian ink, watercolour on paper
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  Head of a Girl, Late June 1888, Reed pen and ink on wove paper, 18 × 19.5 cm (7.1 × 7.7 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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  Letter to John Peter Russell, Late June 1888, Reed pen and ink on wove paper, 20.3 × 26.3 cm (8 × 10.4 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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  Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888, Getty Museum
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  Old Peasant (Patience Escalier), September 1888 (F.1460)
  pen and ink, 49.4 × 38 cm
  Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
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  The Night Café, September 1888, watercolor
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  Breton women, after the painting by Émile Bernard, 1888 (F.1422)
  pen and water-colour, 47,5 x 62 cm
  Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
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  Garden of the Hospital in Arles, April 1889
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  View of the park from Arles, April 1889
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  Langlois Bridge near Arles (Sketch from letter to Émile Bernard), March 1888, J. P. Morgan Library, New York City (JH 1370)
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  Drawbridge with Lady with Parasol, pen and ink, 23.5 × 31 cm.
  1888
  Los Angeles County Museum (F1471)
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  Langlois Bridge, Arles, pen and ink, 35.5 × 47 cm.
  May 1888
  Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (F1470)
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  Drawbridge in Arles, crayon
  1888
  Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence (F1416)

Saint-Rémy

Drawings and watercolours

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  Starry Night, after the painting, 1889 (F.1540)
  pen, brush and ink, 47.1 × 62.2 cm
  formerly Kunsthalle Bremen
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  Cypresses (Les Cyprès), 1889, Reed pen, graphite, quill, brown ink and black ink on white wove latune et cie balcons paper, Brooklyn Museum
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  Corridor in Saint-Paul Hospital, Oil color and essence over black chalk on pink laid ("Ingres") paper
  1889
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (F1529) ^[12]
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  Entrance Hall of Saint-Paul Hospital, 1889, Black chalk, brush and thinned oil on pink paper, Van Gogh Museum
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  Fountain in the garden of the Hospital Saint-Paul, Black chalk, reed pen and ink, May, 1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F1531)

Auvers

Drawings and watercolours

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  Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman, 1890, Brush in oil and watercolour, pencil on laid paper, Van Gogh Museum

Prints

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  Portrait of Doctor Gachet with Pipe, Auvers, May, 1890, etching

See also

Articles that include drawings, water-colours or prints:

• Early works of Vincent van Gogh
• Flowering Orchards (Van Gogh series)
• Hospital in Arles (Van Gogh series)
• Langlois Bridge at Arles (Van Gogh series)
• Portrait of Dr. Gachet
• Saintes-Maries (Van Gogh series)
• Yellow House (painting)
• The Zouave

Resources

Due to the considerable number of works on paper by Van Gogh, for a valid identification reference is to the numbers of Jacob Baart de la Faille's Catalogue raisonné (1928 & 1970) (F) or to Jan Hulsker's updated compilation (1978, revised 1989) (JH).

References

Literature

• Vincent van Gogh: Drawings, ed. Johannes van der Wolk, Ronald Pickvance & E. B. F. Pey, Arnoldo Mondadori Arte & De Luca Edizione d'Arte 1990 (editions in various languages: ISBN 88-242-0024-9 (Dutch))
• Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, ed. Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein etc., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005 ISBN 1-58839-164-7

Works

Letters

External links

• The Global Mail, Long Lost Sketchbook Found
• Van Gogh, paintings and drawings: a special loan exhibition, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
• Media related to Drawings by Vincent van Gogh at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Lithographs by Vincent van Gogh at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Watercolour paintings by Vincent van Gogh at Wikimedia Commons