Painting in short strokes of pale blue, green, white, yellow, and pink, of a fisherman in one of two small boats on a river, a tree-lined bank and a bridge in the background.

Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières)

1887

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

Artist
Vincent van Gogh
Origin
Netherlands
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.5 × 60 cm (19 7/8 × 23 5/8 in.); Framed: 71.2 × 78.5 × 4.8 cm (28 × 30 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and Roger McCormick
Reference Number #
1965.1169
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  • Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84 (September 1966): 206.
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  • Chris Stolwijk and Han Veenenbos, The Account Book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger (Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum; Leiden: Primavera Pers, 2002), 143.
  • Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, eds., The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008), 120 (ill), cat. 55.
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  • Christies, London, "Maurice de Vlaminch (1876-1958): Les régates á Bougival," Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale: Wednesday 20 June 2012.
  • Hélène Eisenberg and François Lespinasse, Peintres de la Seine (Rouen : Éditions des Falaises, 2013), 206 no. 88, 207 (color ill.).
  • Richard Kendall, Sjraar van Heugten, and Chris Stolwijk, Van Gogh and Nature, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015) fig. 89, cat. 20.
  • Nienke Bakker and Nicole R. Myers, eds., Van Gogh and the Olive Groves, exh. cat. (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2021), 34, 170 cat. 19, 197.
  • Bregje Gerritse and Jacquelyn N. Coutre, Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: Along the Seine, exh. cat. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023), cover ill., 25, 88, 90 fig. 51, 197.
  • Possibly on loan to Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1927.
  • Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten, Sep. 6-Nov. 2, 1930, cat. 29.
  • Venice, Palazzo dell'Esposizione, Ventunesima esposizione biennale internazionale d'arte, 1938 - 1939, cat. 14.
  • New York, Metropolitan Art Museum, Vincent van Gogh paintings and drawings. A special loan exhibition, Oct. 21, 1949 - Jan. 15, 1950, cat. 96; Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 1 - Apr. 16, 1950.
  • New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, Van Gogh in Auckland, Aug.–Sep., 1975, cat 5.
  • Toyko, National Museum of Western Art, Masterpieces of World Art From American Museums From Ancient Egyptian to Contemporary Art, Sep. 11-Oct. 17, 1976, cat. 47; Kyoto, National Museum, Nov. 2–Dec. 5, 1976.
  • London, Royal Academy of Arts, Post-Impressionism: Cross Currents in European Painting, Nov. 17, 1979 - Mar. 26, 1980, cat. 96; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting, May 25 - Sep. 17, 1980 [London only].
  • Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Trésors impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27-Aug. 31, 1980, cat. 28.
  • Memphis, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, The Genius of van Gogh, May 9-June 13, 1982, cat. 12.
  • Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18-December 17, 1986, cat. 44; Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5-Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4-Apr. 13, 1986.
  • Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Van Gogh à Paris, Feb. 2-May 15, 1988, cat. 30.
  • Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], Hermitage Museum, Ot Delakrua do Matissa: shedevry frantsuzskoĭ zhivopici XIX-nachala XX veka, iz Muieia Metropoliten v Niu-Ĭorke i Khudozhestvennogo Instituta v Chikago, Mar. 15-May 19, 1988, cat. 22; Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10-July 30, 1988. [From Delacroix to Matisse: Great Paintings From the XIX century to the Beginning of the XXth century From Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago]
  • London, The National Gallery, Seurat and The Bathers, July 2-Sep. 28, 1997, cat 87.
  • Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Van Gogh, June 21-Nov. 26, 2000, cat. 39.
  • Art Institute, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, Sep. 22, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002, cat. 18; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Feb. 9-June 2, 2002.
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cézanne to Picasso Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, Sep. 13, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007, cat. 116; Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 17-May 13, 2007; Paris, Musée d’Orsay, June 18-Sep. 16, 2007.
  • Fort Worth, TX., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 55.
  • Basel, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Basel, Vincent van Gogh- Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes, Apr. 26 - Sep. 27, 2009, cat. 21.
  • Williamstown, Massachusetts, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Van Gogh and Nature, June 13-Sep. 13, 2015, cat. 20.
  • Dallas Museum of Art, Van Gogh and the Olive Groves, Oct. 17, 2021-Feb. 6, 2022; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Mar. 11-June 12, 2022, cat. 19.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, May 14-Sep. 4, 2023, fig. 51; Amsterdam, Van gogh Museum, Van Gogh Along the Seine, Oct. 13-Jan. 14, 2024.
Painting of bedroom, blue walls, green window, tan bed, red bedding.

The Bedroom

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

1889

Painting of a red-haired, bearded man with light skin, painted in short brushstrokes and multicolored dots. The background is likewise a mass of small, closely spaced colored dots, these in green, blue, and red-orange.

Self-Portrait

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel

1887

Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden. Beneath a dense and heavy yellow sky, a small blue triangle suggesting a mountain peak crests above the treeline at far left.

The Poet's Garden

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

1888

Painting in tones of gray and brown, with some green and blue, of a woman digging with a garden tool before a structure with a thatched roof that descends almost to the ground. Above her the sky is gray and blue, a haze of clouds.

A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

c. 1885

Painting of three male figures, two older men in top hats and a younger man with red hair, standing outdoors around a wooden table with a pitcher on it, drinking from glasses. A much smaller, childlike figure at left peers over the table and drinks from a white cup. The scene is rendered in winding paint strokes in shades of green and blue.

The Drinkers

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

1890

A work made of oil on canvas.

Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse)

Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

1889