Van Gogh's Chair
Vincent van Gogh (1888; reworked January 1889)
In Van Gogh's Chair, a humble rush-seated chair blazes in <strong>radiant yellow</strong> against <strong>cool teal</strong> walls and door, its bold outlines charging the scene with tension. A <strong>pipe and tobacco pouch</strong> on the seat, a crate marked <strong>“Vincent”</strong> and sprouting onions turn this empty place into a surrogate presence, a still-life self-portrait built from things rather than a face <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
