I am open to Trading My Original Paintings. If you are interested tell me what you have.

I am presently open to trading my Original Paintings.If you are interested tell me what you have... paintings,books and so forth.

Delia In Orange Painting by Mark Landgraf

Delia In Orange Painting by Mark Landgraf

Did Vincent Van Gogh use this print "Christmas Morning in the Olden Time" 1870 by George Henry Boughton for inspiration for the painting "Memory of

Did Vincent Van Gogh use this print "Christmas Morning in the Olden Time" 1870 by George Henr y Boughton for inspiration for the painting "Memory of the Garden at Etten" November 1888? (above: Van Gogh's work followed by cropped closeup and then complete print.)

Girl And Guitar by Mark Landgraf....an older painting.

Girl And Guitar by Mark Landgraf....an older painting.

Here's an oil painting from a while back.

Here's an oil painting from awhile back.

Did Vincent Van Gogh used this A B Houghton Illustration from Charles Dickens "Hard Times" as inspiration for his drawing Old Man Weeping and his pai

Did Vincent Van Gogh used this A B Houghton Illustration(center picture) from Charles Dickens "Hard Times" as inspiration for his drawing Old Man Weeping and his painting Threshold of Eternity? Vincent was a great admirer of Dickens and had read this book.

Could Vincent Van Gogh been influenced/inspired by this photograph of Charles Dickens when he created his Portrait of Dr. Gachet?

Could this photograph of Charles Dickens have influenced Vincent Van Gogh in creating his Portrait of Dr.Gachet?

Could Vincent Van Gogh have seen this photograph of Charles Dickens taken between 1858 and 1861 by London Potrait Photographer Geroge Watkins and then used it as source material /inspiration for his famous painting of Dr. Gachet? It is well known that Van Gogh was a great admirer of Charles Dickens.

***Note: This is a continuation of my previous blog entry study into Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet.


The (above) photograph and paragraph(below link) about Charles Dickens were found on-lne at :
www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/DickensCharlesPortraits.htm

(Above Photograph) Charles Dickens (aged 49). A detail from a photograph by the London portrait photographer George Herbert Watkins. It is the photographic portraits taken by (George) Herbert Watkins between 1858 and 1861 which have helped define the enduring image of Dickens as a care-worn, slightly melancholy figure.


***In a letter to Paul Gauguin Van Gogh described what he struggled to achieve in Dr. Gachet's portrait. Vincent wrote to Paul Gauguin about the doctor's "sensitive face" which carried "the heartbroken expression of our time". ***

Young Woman With Aura by Mark Landgraf

"Young Woman With Aura" by Mark Landgraf

The Evening Guitar Player by Mark Landgraf

The Evening Guitar Player
An Original Painting by Artist Mark Landgraf

This original acrylic painting is on cotton canvas / 16" x 20"
and created in August of 2011.