Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, a Post-Impressionist master, transformed color and brushwork into vehicles of emotion and spiritual intensity. His biblical reinterpretations after Delacroix sit alongside landscapes and portraits marked by vibrating strokes and radiant complementary hues.
Artworks by Vincent van Gogh
in the Vatican Museums
#104
La Pietà
After Delacroix—but made Van Gogh: vibrating blues and oranges, a thorny halo, and a grief that burns instead of weeps.
Van Gogh’s profound reinterpretation of a Delacroix devotional image through expressive color.
