The Back Garden - The Hague

Title

The Back Garden - The Hague

Artist

Eric Glaser

Medium

Drawing - Sepia Ink, Gouache And Graphite On Paper Mounted On Bristol Board

Description

"The Back Garden of Sien’s Mother’s House, The Hague"

Artist: Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)

Title: The Back Garden of Sien’s Mother’s House, The Hague / Sien's Mother's House, Closer View

De tuin achter het huis van de moeder van Sien in Den Haag

Object Type: Drawing

Date: May 1882

Medium: sepia ink, gouache and graphite on paper mounted on bristol board

Dimensions: Height: 46.4 cm (18.2 in); Width: 60.6 cm (23.8 in)

Collection: Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California USA

Place of Creation: The Hague

Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation

The Back Garden of Sien’s Mother’s House, The Hague, was one of six drawings commissioned to present picturesque scenes of the city by Vincent van Gogh’s art dealer-uncle, C.M. van Gogh. Far more than just a randomly selected view, the subject held great personal meaning for the artist. Indeed, the house and garden depicted in this meticulously rendered drawing belonged to the mother of van Gogh’s mistress and frequent model, Clasina (Sien) Hoornik. The personal connection with the location, however, seems lost beneath the artist’s precisely ruled pencil and ink strokes, where the extraordinary web of planes, lines and angles are punctuated only by the curve of the foliage, the potted plants, and the dabs of white paint. The rigidity was deliberate; at the time, van Gogh was experimenting with a gridded frame to help him practice perspective.

Text Credit: Norton Simon Museum

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Additional image editing by Eric Glaser

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