Vincent van Gogh - In the cafe, Agostina Segatori in Le Tambourin (1887)

Agostina Segatori, owner of Café du Tambourin, had a brief relationship with Van Gogh. She appears here with a cigarette in her finger, while two plates under the glasses on the table tell us that Agostina is drinking her second beer. Drinking and smoking in cafes was not appropriate behavior for respectable ladies, only for the more artistic and liberal. The lone woman at the coffee table is a familiar subject for young Parisian artists. Van Gogh followed the example here of his friend Toulouse-Lautrec, who painted this motif many times. The two artists worked closely together in the early months of 1887. The composition, loose, impressionistic style and transparent colors of Agostina's portrait have a clear connection to the painting Poudre de riz by Lautrec. Van Gogh held an exhibition at Le Tambourin to sell his collection of Japanese prints. The image of a pair of geishas in the background of this portrait suggests that Van Gogh painted the Agostina while it was still running. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - Oil on canvas, 55.5 cm x 47 cm)

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