Van Gogh and Still Life:
From Tradition to Innovation

17 October 2023 – 21 January 2024
Sompo Museum of Art

The Sompo Museum of Art will soon host “Van Gogh and Still Life Paintings – From Tradition to Innovation” featuring Van Gogh’s still life paintings.

This long-awaited show was originally scheduled for 2020 at this museum known for having one of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Highlights of “Van Gogh and Still Life Painting”

The show will highlight Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the context of still life painting in Europe through the early twentieth century, starting from the seventeenth century Netherlands.

A major part of the exhibits come from prominent institutions including Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands.

The exhibits unveil the influences and impacts of still lifes that Van Gogh received and that he made on other artists in turn.

◆25 Van Gogh’s still lifes on display

Of the approximately 170 still lifes painted by Van Gogh, twenty-five from his early years to his later years will be on display, including his masterpieces Sunflowers and Iris.

◆Still lifes from the Netherlands in the 17th century

In the 17th century, still life painting was established as a field of painting in the economically prosperous Netherlands and Flanders. Along with objects symbolizing the wealth, those to remind of the transience of life were depicted as subjects.

◆Still life of flowers

Flowers became a prominent subject of still life paintings.
The star attractions of this show include “Sunflowers” by Holst among others.

◆ Innovations in still life: the 19th and the 20th centuries

Post-Impressionist painters such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne developed a new style in still life painting.

Some twentieth century painters followed suit.

Van Gogh and Still Life: Examples of works on view

フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ 《アイリス》 1890年 油彩／キャンヴァス
ファン・ゴッホ美術館、アムステルダム（フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ財団）
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ 《ひまわり》　1888年 油彩／キャンヴァス SOMPO美術館

フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ 《麦わら帽のある静物》 1881年 油彩／キャンヴァスで裏打ちした紙
クレラー=ミュラー美術館、オッテルロー
© 2023 Collection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands

フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ 《髑髏》 1887年 油彩／キャンヴァス
ファン・ゴッホ美術館、アムステルダム（フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ財団）
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホ 《赤と白の花をいけた花瓶》 1886年 油彩／キャンヴァス
ボイマンス・ファン・ブーニンヘン美術館、 ロッテルダム
Collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam