{"id":12918,"date":"2021-10-04T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/?p=12918"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:33:11","slug":"a-small-list-of-great-artists-12-vincent-van-gogh-the-self-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/12918","title":{"rendered":"A Small List of Great Artists \u2013 Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

see A Small List of Great Artists<\/a><\/strong><\/em>: <\/a>Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)<\/a> <\/strong>
see Van Gogh\u2019s Portraits of Roulin<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Vincent van Gogh made over 35 self-portraits, the bulk of them (over 25) over a two year period while he was in Paris (1886-1888). He was broke at that time, and didn’t have money to hire models, so the simplest, least expensive solution was to paint himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Extra special thanks to www.art-vangogh.com<\/a>, a fantastic website with an immense gallery of Van Gogh’s work as well as some great biographical info!]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Self-Portraits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe (1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe<\/em> (1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Cap<\/em> (1886), drawing, Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait Self-Portrait wth Cap<\/em> (1886), drawing, Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat <\/em>(1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat at the Easel<\/em> (1886) , Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Two Self-Portraits and Several Details (1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 019<\/a><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1886), Kunstmuseum Den Haag<\/a>, The Hague, Netherlands 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat<\/em><\/a> (1886-87), Rijksmuseum<\/a>, Amsterdam 019<\/a><\/strong>, 021<\/a><\/strong>, 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Glass<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Portrait of Theo van Gogh<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a><\/em> (1887), The Art Institute of Chicago<\/a> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a> <\/em>(1886-87), Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller Museum<\/a>, Otterlo 03<\/strong>3<\/a><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1886-87), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 026<\/strong><\/a> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a><\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam 019<\/a><\/strong> 028<\/strong><\/a> 03<\/strong>3<\/a><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1886-87) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art<\/a>, Hartford, CT 019<\/a><\/strong>, 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Hat and Pipe<\/em><\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong>, 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1887 Jul-Aug), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 028<\/a> <\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a><\/em> <\/a>(1886-87), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 030<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 029<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Staw Hat<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat<\/a> <\/em>(1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong> 019<\/a><\/strong> 03<\/strong>3<\/a><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat<\/em> (1887), Detroit Institute of Arts<\/a> 026<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1887), Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay<\/a>, Paris 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a> (possible forgery?), Self-Portrait with Japanese Print<\/em> (1887) Kunstmuseum Basel<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a> (1887-88), The Belvedere<\/a>, Vienna 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1887-88), Foundation E.G. B\u00fchrle Collection<\/a>, Z\u00fcrich 028<\/a> 031<\/a><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat<\/em> (1887), Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, New York City <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh,<\/a> Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat<\/em><\/a><\/em> <\/em>(1887-88), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong>, 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> in Front of an Easel<\/em> (1888), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat<\/em> (1888), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gaugin<\/em> (1888), Fogg Art Museum<\/a>, Harvard University, Cambridge 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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 Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1888), private collection 021<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear <\/em>(1889), Courtauld Gallery<\/a>, London, England <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe<\/em> (1889), Collection Niarchos <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1889), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/em> (1889), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.<\/a> 018<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait without Beard <\/em>(1889), private collection 026<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/em> (1889), Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay<\/a>, Paris 018<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a> (possible forgery?), Self-Portrait – \u00e0 l’oreille mutil\u00e9 <\/em>(1889), National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design<\/a>, Oslo 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe<\/em> (1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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incent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat <\/em>(1886), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat at the Easel<\/em> (1886) , Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat<\/em><\/a> (1886-87), Rijksmuseum<\/a>, Amsterdam 019<\/a><\/strong>, 021<\/a><\/strong>, 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Glass<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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incent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a><\/em> (1887), The Art Institute of Chicago<\/a> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1886-87) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art<\/a>, Hartford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Hat and Pipe<\/em><\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong>, 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1887 Jul-Aug), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 028<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/a><\/em> <\/a>(1886-87), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 030<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 029<\/a><\/strong> 032<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Staw Hat<\/em> (1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat<\/a> <\/em>(1887), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong> 019<\/a><\/strong> 03<\/strong>3<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> (1887), Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay<\/a>, Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Straw Hat<\/em> (1887), Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, New York City <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh,<\/a> Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat<\/em><\/a><\/em> <\/em>(1887-88), Van Gogh Museum<\/a> , Amsterdam 018<\/a><\/strong>, 029<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em> in Front of an Easel<\/em> (1888), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat<\/em> (1888), Van Gogh Museum<\/a>, Amsterdam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gaugin<\/em> (1888), Fogg Art Museum<\/a>, Harvard University, Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear <\/em>(1889), Courtauld Gallery<\/a>, London, England <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a><\/em> (1889), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris and his sons with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a><\/em> (1889), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vincent van Gogh<\/a> (possible forgery?), Self-Portrait – \u00e0 l’oreille mutil\u00e9 <\/em>(1889), National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design<\/a>, Oslo 021<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris with Vincent van Gogh<\/a>, Self-Portrait<\/em><\/a><\/em> (1889), Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay<\/a>, Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits Shaped my Brush with Peril<\/em> Project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Looking at Van Gogh’s portraits, I feel like he didn’t have the skill or interest to accurately convey actual proportions of his face measurements, which creates a series of portraits that might have similarities, but to me they look less like a bunch of self-portraits of one person, and more like several portraits of several different similar-looking people, such as brothers or relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reminds me of The Simpsons Season 9, Episode 17, “Lisa the Simpson,” where we meet a bunch of Homer Simpson’s relatives, who all have a strong resemblance to Homer, but one is thinner, and one has a thicker head of hair, they’re different ages, and one has a mustache, and they have different fashion senses, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, I thought it made for a fun joke, AND made much more sense to use all these portraits as if they were each a different character, and they’re a bunch of Van Gogh brothers who were all vicious, brutal thugs for hire.<\/p>\n\n\n

Read the comic book, \u201cBrush with Peril\u201d:<\/strong><\/em>
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see A Small List of Great Artists: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890) see Van Gogh\u2019s Portraits of Roulin Vincent van Gogh made over 35 self-portraits, the bulk of them (over 25) over a two year period while he was in Paris (1886-1888). He was broke at that time, and didn’t have money to hire models, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brush-with-peril"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":4,"uagb_excerpt":"see A Small List of Great Artists: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890) see Van Gogh\u2019s Portraits of Roulin Vincent van Gogh made over 35 self-portraits, the bulk of them (over 25) over a two year period while he was in Paris (1886-1888). 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