Tetards (Pollards)

1884 · Pen and brown ink, with touches of pen and black ink, graphite and graphite frottage, and traces of black chalk, on grayish-white paper laid down on cardboard

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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In this state since: Aug 16, 2026
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Meanwhile, in the life of Vincent van Gogh

The whole life

1882
His first paintings in oil
Soon after three weeks in hospital in June 1882, Van Gogh painted in oils for the first time, with paints bought on money borrowed from Theo, and was surprised at how good the results were. In August Theo gave him money for materials to work en plein air, and Vincent wrote that he could now “go on painting with new vigour”.
late January 1882
Life with Sien Hoornik
Van Gogh met Clasina Maria “Sien” Hoornik, a pregnant prostitute with a five-year-old daughter, and set up home with her; on learning of it, Mauve stopped answering his letters. His father pressed him to abandon Sien, and in 1883 Vincent left her and the children.
26 March 1885
Death of his father
The artist's father, the minister Theodorus van Gogh, died of a heart attack.
May 1885
“The Potato Eaters”, his first major work
When a Paris dealer showed interest and Theo asked whether he had paintings ready to exhibit, Vincent responded with his first major work, “The Potato Eaters”, and a series of peasant character studies. Theo found them too dark and out of keeping with the bright style of Impressionism.
August 1885
First public showing, in shop windows in The Hague
Van Gogh's work was publicly exhibited for the first time, in the shop windows of the dealer Leurs in The Hague.
February 1886
Moves to Paris to join his brother Theo
Van Gogh left Antwerp to join his brother Theo, an art dealer, in Paris. So began a very fruitful and eventful Paris period: he painted some two hundred and thirty pictures there, more than anywhere else.