Auguste Blackman 'Vincent Van Gogh' erotic Closely related to his paintings

Closely related to his paintings of the period

The final edition was in sepia tones

'The End of Summer' 1976

An impression of this work is represented at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

this work is a rare and fascinating insight into the creative mind of one of Australia’s great artists

Auguste Blackman 'Vincent Van Gogh' erotic Closely related to his paintingsVincent Van Gogh is more than an icon of art history, he is a romantic myth. Undiscovered in his lifetime and plagued with mental illness, the specificities of his personality and practice have been subsumed beneath tragedy. In Auguste Blackmans portrait of the artist, Van Goghs charisma and vulnerability beams forth, his red hair filling the frame. Across his lifetime, Van Gogh painted thirty seven self portraits, less because of vanity and more from