Still Life with Bible
The story
This hefty Bible had belonged to Van Gogh's father, a Protestant minister. Vincent van Gogh painted it a few months after his father passed away. Next to the Bible he placed his own copy of'La joie de vivre'by Émile Zola. Van Gogh saw that novel as a kind of'bible'for modern life. Placed together, the two books symbolize the different worldviews of Vincent and his father. At first glance, this canvas seems to recall 17th century still lifes.
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Year
- 1885
- Period
- Impressionist
- Where it lives
- Copied from an art book
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
