Still-life with Potatoes had been thought to have been painted in around September 1885 in Nuenen, the village in the south of the Netherlands where Vincent’s parents then lived. Identifying the earthenware casserole helped redate this painting. Van Gogh’s Still-life with Potatoes (1886-87) and casserole “Parisienne” (Vallauris, late 19th century) Credit: Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam and private collection (shared ownership of painting) and Guy Mombel, France (private collection)
She concludes that “Vincent always observed the material objects that he depicted in his work with great attention to their characteristics, usually depicting them in a realistic way”. Van Dongen, a curator of historical design at Rotterdam’s Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, is well placed to guide us through the objects and the art. Although we don’t normally pay attention to these items, she believes that they “help us to better understand Van Gogh’s pictures, once we reflect on the actual objects that he used”. In Closer to Vincent: Everyday Objects in the Work of Vincent van Gogh, the title of both the book (to be published in Dutch on 30 July) and the exhibition (30 July-30 October), Van Dongen encourages us to examine minor details in Van Gogh's paintings. Her discoveries will also be presented in an exhibition at the Van Gogh House in the southern Dutch village of Zundert, the artist’s birthplace. A new book by the Dutch museum curator Alexandra van Dongen sheds fresh light on intriguing features in Van Gogh’s most iconic paintings.
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