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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.
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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.
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.
The mother, relaxed and her face in a shadow, is passive. We can see by the size of Augustine's sloping shoulders, arm, and hands that she worked hard to take care of her family. For instance, there were no modern conveniences like washing machines. In a traditional pose of mothers and new babies, Augustine is holding her baby upright ...
“Back in the day,” she said, “right across the bridge, you could drink at 18.” Left: A photo Patty took of Jeanette as a child. Right: Jeanette wearing the same hat, as an adult.
The 1.6-mile bridge spans Baltimore's harbor, and photos show steel rods still wrapped around the container ship that rammed into it. ... See photos of the destruction and rescue operation below.
The Brooklyn Bridge: Oil on canvas ca.1889 Susan H. Bradley Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire: Watercolor Christine S. Bredin: A Peasant Woman, Dachau, Bavaria: Watercolor Woman's Building (Cincinnati Room): Christmas Morning [14] Charles Bregler: Portrait of a Woman (the artist's grandmother) [29] Oil on canvas Fidelia Bridges: In an Old Orchard ...