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Couloir de l'hospice Saint-Paul

September 1889
Not on view
Cette vue obsédante d’un couloir qui s’enfonce impitoyablement dans les profondeurs de l’hospice de Saint-Rémy, en France, et d’une petite silhouette masculine qui semble passer une porte, au second plan, est la description la plus poignante que van Gogh ait faite de l’établissement où il séjourna un an, de mai 1889 à mai 1890, peu avant sa mort. L’artiste fit parvenir ce dessin coloré aux dimensions inhabituelles à son frère Théo, pour lui donner une idée de son cadre de vie. Les couleurs vives et acidulées, appliquées en hachures énergiques, produisent une impression de vibration, et la longue perspective du couloir qui rétrécit inexorablement est comme un étau qui se refermerait sur le personnage.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Couloir de l'hospice Saint-Paul
  • Artiste: Vincent van Gogh, Hollandais, 1853–1890
  • Date: Septembre 1889
  • Technique: Couleurs à l'huile et essence sur traits à la pierre noire sur papier vergé rose (« Ingres »)
  • Dimensions: 65,1 x 49,1 cm
  • Crédits: Legs de Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1948
  • Accession Number: 48.190.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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