Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Auvers-sur-Oise)

Vincent van Gogh

May 15, 1890

Etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art

An etching depicts a man with a pipe in his mouth, looking towards the viewer. He is dressed in a jacket and shirt. An etching depicts a man with a pipe in his mouth, looking towards the viewer. He is dressed in a jacket and shirt. Vincent van Gogh started collecting Japanese prints in Antwerp in 1886. When he came to Paris that same year, he discovered the wonderful selection of Japanese prints at Siegfried Bing's Art Nouveau gallery. Van Gogh sold ukiyo-e prints on commission for Bing and encouraged his friends to come to the gallery to study Japanese art. In 1887, van Gogh and his brother Theo organized an exhibition of Japanese prints at the Café Volpini, which attracted considerable attention. Van Gogh was fascinated by both the stylistic co