The Roulin Family is a group of portrait paintings Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889 of Joseph, his wife Augustine and their three children: Armand, Camille and Marcelle. This series is unique in many ways. Although Van Gogh loved to paint portraits, it was difficult for financial and other reasons for him to find models. So, finding an entire family that agreed to sit for paintings — in fact, for several sittings each — was a bounty.
Armand
Augustine
Vincent would be dead less than 2 years after this series of paintings.
These are lovely. The beauty of expression displayed between the three, and the progression of style. What a wonder the man left for us all
When you finish the part of the job that you like and half-ass the rest.
