{"id":5230,"date":"2025-03-13T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/app-visiodrom.pixel-tal.de\/rebel-of-the-avant-garde\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:13:16","slug":"rebel-of-the-avant-garde","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/app.visiodrom.de\/en\/rebel-of-the-avant-garde\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel of the Avant-garde"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Van Gogh’s Influences on Other Painters<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Influence on Modernism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 1880, the Impressionists formed the painterly avant-garde. They ignored the ‘common rules of painting’ to bring their own subjective impression of nature to the canvas. However, it was always meant to remain a realistic impression of nature. Thus, colors were always reproduced true to nature. Van Gogh did not submit to these restrictions. He used color to express the feelings he experienced when observing nature. Perhaps without consciously intending to, Van Gogh became the pioneer for coming generations of painters who, thanks to his example, now reproduced their ‘inner impression of things’ in their paintings with absolute freedom, without external rules. Young artists, impressed by Van Gogh’s courage and representation, soon called him the ‘Father of Modernism’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fishing Boats in Collioure, <\/strong>1905
<\/strong>Andr\u00e9 Derain (1880\u20131954)
Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm
Museum of Modern Art New York United States<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 Derain (1880\u20131954) was, alongside Henri Matisse (1869\u20131954) and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876\u20131958), one of the main representatives of Fauvism, an art movement characterized by vibrant colors and expressive use of color. Van Gogh had already painted his boats in 1888 with large areas of color that don’t really follow perspective, as they are too two-dimensional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fishing Boats at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, <\/strong>June 1888
<\/strong>Vincent van Gogh (1853\u20131890)
Oil on canvas, 65 x 82 cm
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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Self-portrait, <\/strong>1904
<\/strong>Alexej von Jawlensky (1865\u20131941)
Oil on canvas, 48 x 59 cm
Private Collection<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Self-portrait with Felt Hat, <\/strong>Winter 1887\/88
<\/strong>Vincent van Gogh (1853\u20131890)
Oil on canvas, 44 x 38 cm
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The German-Russian Expressionist Alexej von Jawlensky was co-founder of the artists’ group ‘Blue Rider’ in Munich, together with Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Unlike Van Gogh, however, the brushwork in the background does not follow the contour of the head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Almond Blossom,<\/strong> February 1890
<\/strong>Vincent van Gogh (1853\u20131890)
Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Red Tree, <\/strong>1905
<\/strong>Odilon Redon (1840\u20131916)
Glue tempera on canvas, 173 x 88 cm
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Similar motif \u2013 same statement. Odilon Redon took the motif of the almond blossom and enhanced the spiritual dimension from Van Gogh’s work with a Buddha figure under his tree. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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To the 1st… to the 2nd… and… to the 3rd! <\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Most Expensive ‘Van Goghs’ of All Time<\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Portrait of Dr. Gachet<\/strong>
Date:<\/strong> 15.5.1990
Seller:<\/strong> Heirs of Siegfried Kramarsky
Buyer:<\/strong> Sait\u014d Ry\u014dei
Price: <\/strong>82.5 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Irises<\/strong>
Date:<\/strong> 11.11. 1987
Seller:<\/strong> John Whitney Payson
Buyer:<\/strong> Alan Bond
Price: <\/strong>53.9 million $
Location:<\/strong> Sotheby’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Title:<\/strong> Fifteen Sunflowers in a Vase<\/strong>
Date:<\/strong> 30.3.1987
Seller:<\/strong> Helen G. Beatty
Buyer:<\/strong> Yasuda Insurance Japan
Price: <\/strong>39.9 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s London<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All these paintings were the most expensive painting of all time in their day. Notable: Only three years separate the sale of the ‘Sunflowers’ and the ‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’. The price doubled in this time. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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The Most Expensive Paintings in the World (As of 2024)<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Salvator Mundi,<\/strong> Leonardo da Vinci
Date:<\/strong> 15.11. 2017
Seller:<\/strong> Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev
Buyer:<\/strong> Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi
Price: <\/strong>450.3 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
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Title: Shot Sage Blue,<\/strong> Marilyn Andy WarholDate:<\/strong> 10.5.2022Seller:<\/strong> Thomas and Doris Ammann FoundationBuyer:<\/strong> unknownPrice: <\/strong>195.04 million $Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Title: The Women of Algiers<\/strong> (Version ‘O’), Pablo PicassoDate:<\/strong> 11.5.2015Seller:<\/strong> unknownBuyer:<\/strong> unknownPrice: <\/strong>179.4 million $Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Nu couch\u00e9,<\/strong> Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
Date:<\/strong> 9.11.2015
Seller:<\/strong> Laura Mattioli Rossi
Buyer:<\/strong> Long Museum China
Price: <\/strong>170.4 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Nu couch\u00e9 (sur le c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche),<\/strong> Amedeo Clemente Modigliani
Date:<\/strong> 14.5.2018
Seller:<\/strong> unknown
Buyer:<\/strong> unknown
Price: <\/strong>157 million $
Location:<\/strong> Sotheby’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
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Title: Three Studies of Lucian Freud,<\/strong> Francis BaconDate:<\/strong> 11.2013Seller:<\/strong> unknownBuyer:<\/strong> unknownPrice: <\/strong>142.4 million $Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Les Poseuses<\/strong> (small version), Georges Seurat
Date:<\/strong> 9.11.2022
Seller:<\/strong> Heirs of Paul Allen
Buyer:<\/strong> unknown
Price: <\/strong>149.2 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n
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Title: No. 5, 1948,<\/strong> Jackson PollockDate:<\/strong> 2.11.2006Seller:<\/strong> David GeffenBuyer:<\/strong> unknownPrice: <\/strong>140 million $Location:<\/strong> Private sale through Sotheby’s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Title: Femme \u00e0 la montre,<\/strong> Pablo PicassoDate:<\/strong> 8.11.2023 Seller:<\/strong> Heirs of Emily Fisher LandauBuyer:<\/strong> unknownPrice: <\/strong>139.4 million $Location:<\/strong> Sotheby’s New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title: Montagne Sainte-Victoire,<\/strong> Paul C\u00e9zanne
Date:<\/strong> 9.11.2022
Seller:<\/strong> Heirs of Paul Allen
Buyer:<\/strong> unknown
Price: <\/strong>137.8 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Title: Orchard with Cypresses,<\/strong> Vincent van Gogh
Date:<\/strong> 9.11.2022
Seller:<\/strong> Heirs of Paul Allen
Buyer:<\/strong> unknown
Price: <\/strong>117.2 million $
Location:<\/strong> Christie’s New York<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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Van Gogh \u2013 Today<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About 100 years after Van Gogh’s death, his paintings reached a market value that corresponded to their art historical significance. In 1987, a ‘Van Gogh’ became the ‘most expensive painting in the world’ twice in a row \u2013 and for the third time in 1990. In 2022, the painting ‘Orchard with Cypresses’ achieved a price of over 100 million dollars at an auction in New York.Such astronomical sums have so far only been paid for works by 14 artists worldwide(as of 2024). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portrait of Dr. Gachet, June 1890
Price: 82.5 million dollars<\/strong>
Oil on canvas, 67 x 56 cm
Private collection<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Irises, May 1889
Price: 53.9 million dollars<\/strong>
Oil on canvas, 71 x 93 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles
United States<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunflowers, January 1889
Price: 39.9 million dollars<\/strong>
Oil on canvas, 95 x 73 cm
Sompo Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Orchard with Cypresses, April 1888
Price: 117.2 million dollars<\/strong>
Oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm
Private collection<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The blossoming fruit trees around Arles reminded Van Gogh of Japanese woodcuts, which he greatly admired. He arrived in Arles in the spring of 1888, and blossoming fruit trees in the open air were among his favorite motifs. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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