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Books in Art: Still Life with Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose by Vincent van Gogh

Posted on March 30, 2013 by maedez

Still Life with French Novels and a Rose, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

Still Life with Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose, Vincent van Gogh, 1887

14 thoughts on “Books in Art: Still Life with Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose by Vincent van Gogh”

hitandrun1964 on March 30, 2013 at 1:22 pm said:

It’s Van Gogh’s birthday today… Happy, happy…

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- maedez on March 31, 2013 at 9:18 pm said:
  
  Yes, I have quite the transparent timing…
  
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judyrobbinsart on March 30, 2013 at 8:03 pm said:

He enriched our lives so much and did not live to know it. I have never seen this one before, maedez. Thank you for enriching our lives, too.

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- maedez on March 31, 2013 at 9:21 pm said:
  
  You are welcome, Judy. I love all of his paintings, but the ones with books have a special place in my heart.
  
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silverscreenings on March 30, 2013 at 10:27 pm said:

This painting makes me want to eat pastry and flip through these books. Never mind that I would not understand them.

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- maedez on March 31, 2013 at 9:25 pm said:
  
  Mmm, pastry. That’s all I have to say in reply. Mmm, pastry.
  
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Ugne on April 1, 2013 at 7:50 am said:

Mmm, what could be better than a mixture of Vincent van Gogh and French novels.. Beautiful!

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- maedez on April 1, 2013 at 8:26 pm said:
  
  I would just need a cup of tea to make the scenario perfect.
  
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  - Ugne on April 2, 2013 at 2:10 am said:
    
    Oh yes, tea would definitely fit this scene amazingly.. Such a lovely harmony.
    
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  - maedez on April 2, 2013 at 6:39 pm said:
    
    I know. It is one of those paintings I wish I could crawl inside and live in forever.
    
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Jennifer on April 1, 2013 at 10:07 am said:

I bet this painting would look spectacular in person. His work is so much better IRL! All the texture and the little brush strokes. Looks almost pixelated.

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- maedez on April 1, 2013 at 8:25 pm said:
  
  I agree! I’ve seen a lot of his work in person (I’ve even touched a van Gogh, in a professional capacity) and I am sure that this one is marvelous in real life.
  
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markjuergenmayes on April 3, 2013 at 5:25 pm said:

thank you for this – i’ve never seen it before – wonderful painting by a wonderful man –

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- maedez on April 3, 2013 at 8:42 pm said:
  
  It was my pleasure! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a great comment.
  
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