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The Langlois Bridge at Arles is the subject of four oil paintings, one watercolor and four drawings by Vincent van Gogh.The works, made in 1888 when van Gogh lived in Arles, in southern France, represent a melding of formal and creative aspects.
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 artist of his homeland.
Van Gogh's Langlois Bridge at Arles (Mu. number 5805) was seized from the Rothschild collection by the Nazis, recovered by the Monuments Men and brought to the Munich Central Collecting Point. [25] [26]
The events that befell the early paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) as an innovative artist show how the appreciation of his legacy changed his reputation in a relatively short time.
The painting depicts the artist on his way to work, and it is thought to be the first self-portrait that van Gogh painted during his time in Arles. [2] On August 13, 1888, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, telling him about a series of recent studies.
Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook, Abrams edition, 2016.. The lost Arles sketchbook is a purported sketchbook of drawings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh.The attribution of the drawings by the art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov to Van Gogh has been disputed.
Route 201 links Salaberry-de-Valleyfield with Autoroute 20 using the Monseigneur Langlois Bridge to cross the Saint Lawrence River. It is among the five primary or secondary highways to cross the Saint Lawrence River and is the only 200 series highway to be partly north of that river. The others being the 138, the 112, the 134, and the 175.
The article currently states: "The bridge was either dismantled in 1926[8] or bombed during World War II. Due to pressure from local citizens, the Langlois Bridge has been reconstructed[9] or restored[10] and named "Pont Van-Gogh." It is located on the southern side of Arles."