Pont du Carrousel with Louvre

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Pont du Carrousel with Louvre: Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh Oil Painting - Pont du Carrousel with Louvre

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Work Overview: Pont du Carrousel with Louvre
June 1886
Private collection

Longing for tranquil settings,[8] van Gogh began to paint beyond the city fortifications and along the banks of the Seine, in Asnières and the island of Grand Jatte. He experimented with a lighter, more colorful palette than used in his early Dutch paintings or Montmartre series.[9]

Upon arriving in Paris in March 1886, the Musée du Louvre was the first placed van Gogh visited, directly after exiting the train.[10] In late 1886 he writes of his interest in Impressionism, yet not quite "joined the club". His intention, he says, is to use vivid color and not greys. In 1886, he did twelve landscapes, "frankly green frankly blue" [such as Lane at the Jardin du Luxembourg] as he struggled "for life and progress in art".[11] It was in July 1886 that his brother Theo began to notice changes in Vincent's paintings and noted Parisian artists began swapping paintings with him.[12]

Pont du Carrousel with Louvre depicts the bridge that crosses the Seine named Pont du Carrousel and behind it the Louvre. Pont de Carrousel is a bridge that leads to the Louvre which is accessed through "guichets" du Carrousel and guichets du Louvre. Guichets are gates and commonly used for the passages into the Louvre.[13] The Louvre was built about 1200 as a fortress. In the 14th century the Louvre was expanded to a residence for Charles V. The old fortress was removed in the 16th century replaced by a Renaissance palace which was expanded over the years. It is now one of the world's most important museums, its collections starting from works held by the kings of France

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