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Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh By Other Artists

Emile Bernard described Van Gogh as having "a sharp glance and a mouth incisively set as if to speak." Aside from a consistent intensity, Van Gogh's actual appearance in portraits seems elusive. For instance, John Russell's painting of Van Gogh looking over his shoulder seems strikingly different than the Toulouse-Lautrec's painting of Van Gogh leaning over a café table.

  • John Peter Russell
    1886
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

  • Photo by Victor Morin, c. 1886, Brussels, discovered in the early 1990s. Experts disagree whether or not it is Vincent van Gogh.

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
    1887, pastel on cardboard
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

  • Paul Gauguin
    1888
    Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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