Drawings
Soon after arriving in Arles Van Gogh asked his brother to send him a copy of Armand Cassagne's "Guide to the Alphabet of Drawing." His request was generated by an interest to return to foundational drawing practices, such as his use of a perspective frame for the drawings and paintings that he made of Langlois Bridge. A letter dated March 18, 1888, to his friend Emile Bernard contains a sketch of the bridge (JH 1370 below) and the color scheme he is considering adopting, clearly showing his use of sketching and drawing as a preliminary to his painting. He spoke of how the town (Arles) "projects the strange silhouette of its drawbridge against a huge yellow sun."
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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)
Read more about this topic: Langlois Bridge At Arles (Van Gogh Series)
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