Why it matters
Van Gogh painted his mother, Anna Carbentus van Gogh, from a black-and-white photograph. She was an amateur artist and his introduction to art.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1888.
- She liked drawing plants and flowers.
- Its palette and pose resemble his Self-Portrait dedicated to Gauguin.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of the Artist's Mother (Van Gogh) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
