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The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing is one of van Gogh's most iconic and best loved paintings, acknowledged as the first masterpiece of his Arles period. [18] It depicts common canal-side activities. A little yellow cart crosses the bridge while a group of women in smocks and multicoloured caps wash linen on the shore.
1902 photograph of the Langlois Bridge. Langlois Bridge (French: Pont de Langlois) was a double-beam drawbridge in Arles, France, which was the subject of several paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Being one of eleven drawbridges built by a Dutch engineer along the channel from Arles to Port-de-Bouc, this bridge might have reminded the ...
The Canal d'Arles à Fos (also: Canal d'Arles à Bouc) is a canal in southern France. It connects the Rhône near Arles with Fos-sur-Mer. It is 31 km (19 mi) long with one lock. [1] The Langlois Bridge painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888 was one of the drawbridges across the canal.
The Roulin Family is a group of portrait paintings Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889 of Joseph, his wife Augustine and their three children: Armand, Camille and Marcelle. This series is unique in many ways.
The painting everyone knows and loves is F397 (the text calls it The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing although Kroller-Muller simply exhibit it as 'Bridge at Arles'). Yet it was consigned almost to "other versions" status in the article and for good measure assigned a washed-out image that entirely failed to capture its vibrancy.
Arles F 1500 JH 1373 Orchard with Arles in the Background: April 1888 The Hyde Collection, New York Arles F 1516 JH 1376 Langlois Bridge at Arles Seen from the Road: March 1888 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: Arles F 1470 JH 1377 Orchard with Blossoming Plum Trees (The White Orchard) April 1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Arles F 1414 JH 1385
Arles became a successful port for trade in France during the Roman period. Many immigrants from North Africa came to Arles in the 17th and 18th centuries; their influence is reflected in many of the houses of the town that were built during that period. [2] Arles remained economically important for many years as a major port on the Rhône.
A yellow house stands at the side of the lane. The use of color in the painting is typical of Van Gogh in this period. The colors are bright and alive, lighting up the canvas and offering a view that is more perceived than experienced.