Description
From an Original Color Painting
The painting is currently held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Van Gogh created this work while in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, copying a wood engraving by the French artist Honoré Daumier.
The painting is a parody on the four ages of man and conveys a somber message about the dangers of alcoholism.
The prominent use of a greenish palette may allude to absinthe, a popular but controversial alcoholic beverage of the time.
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The painting is currently held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Van Gogh created this work while in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, copying a wood engraving by the French artist Honoré Daumier.
The painting is a parody on the four ages of man and conveys a somber message about the dangers of alcoholism.
The prominent use of a greenish palette may allude to absinthe, a popular but controversial alcoholic beverage of the time.
