Vincent Van Gogh : The Café de la Gare

 

Called “Café de la Nuit” in Vincent’s canvas.
Run by the couple Ginoux, Vincent had been living there since he left the Carrel inn.
“ it’s what we call here a night café…Wanderers can find shelter there when they have no money to pay for an accommodation or when they are too drunk to be admitted”.
Vincent must have spent a lot of time there with his friend Roulin, then with Gauguin (who also made Mme Ginoux’s portrait).
That painting is regarded as “ deepened by Vincent”. He painted “the furious human passions” by opposing red and green.

 

 

 

The Café de la Gare

Called “Café de la Nuit” in Vincent’s canvas.
Run by the couple Ginoux, Vincent had been living there since he left the Carrel inn.
“ it’s what we call here a night café…Wanderers can find shelter there when they have no money to pay for an accommodation or when they are too drunk to be admitted”.
Vincent must have spent a lot of time there with his friend Roulin, then with Gauguin (who also made Mme Ginoux’s portrait).
That painting is regarded as “ deepened by Vincent”. He painted “the furious human passions” by opposing red and green.