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Three Pairs of Shoes (Trois paires de chaussures), 1886 by Vincent van Gogh
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Three Pairs of Shoes, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 presents a group of worn leather boots arranged on a flat surface, humble everyday objects elevated into subjects of genuine pictorial weight. Painted in Paris under the influence of the Impressionists and in dialogue with his admiration for Jean-Francois Millet’s sympathetic depictions of labor and poverty, the canvas belongs to a small series of shoe paintings that later inspired sustained philosophical reflection by Martin Heidegger. Austere and intimate, it reflects Van Gogh’s early ability to find quiet dignity in ordinary things.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1886.
Three Pairs of Shoes (Trois paires de chaussures), 1886 by Vincent van Gogh. Post-Impressionist Still Life Canvas Print.