Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug  1874

Vincent van Gogh was a great admirer of [url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/35813]Adolphe Monticelli’s[/url] richly impastoed paintings, and he saw in the older artist’s landscapes, flower arrangements, and portraits the sincere expression he was seeking for his own art. He also identified with the myth of the misunderstood artist from Provence that rapidly grew around Mont...