By 1888 Vincent van Gogh had moved to the southern French town of Arles, with dreams of building an artist’s colony in the sundrenched landscape. There, he found plenty of opportunities to paint portraits of the local characters. This notecard folio includes two such paintings: The Smoker, painted shortly after his arrival in Arles, and The Postman, which captures the warmth of the local postal worker, Joseph-Étienne Roulin—who, along with his family, sat for numerous portrait sessions with van Gogh. Contains five each of the following notecards: The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin), 1889 The Smoker (Le Fumeur), 1888

• 10 blank notecards (5 each of 2 designs) with envelopes
• Decorative wallet-style folio
• Printed in full color on recycled paper with soy-based inks
• High-quality 250 gsm card stock
• Soft white envelopes
• Pomegranate’s notecard folios feature exclusive selections of art from museums and artists around the world

Published with the Barnes Foundation

Box size: 5 x 7.25 x .625 in.
Card size: 5 x 7 in.

ISBN 9780764961786

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh’s ten-year painting career yielded more than 2,000 paintings and drawings but little recognition from the art world. Lamenting this indifference, he wrote to his brother Theo, “One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” Van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) never did achieve the recognition he craved during his short, troubled lifetime. He sold few paintings but was known to have traded his artwork with other artists or for art supplies, food, and lodging. During periods of intense productivity, he painted at a feverish rate, sometimes a painting a day. His passionate and vividly colorful works eventually won over audiences and have helped make him one of the world’s most beloved artists.