Postman Roulin Pillows

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Cool Postman Roulin wearing sunglasses.

The Postman (Joseph Roulin)

Joseph Roulin is Van Gogh's close friend when he was staying at southern French town Arles during 1888-1889. In 1888, van Gogh moved to Arles, in hope of exploring more artistic sensation in the unspoilt countryside. But after he moved here he found himself lonely and isolated. Joseph Roulin worked as the postmaster at the station in Arles. Van Gogh went there frequently to send paintings to his brother Theo in the Netherlands and they became close friends. The friendship with Joseph Roulin and his family offered Van Gogh comfort and companionship. Roulin tended to van Gogh in the aftermath of psychotic episode in which Van Gogh menaced Gauguin and then sliced off a part of his own ears. Roulin continued seeing Van Gogh when he commit...

Van Gogh, never a success in his own lifetime, is now one of the greats. He is known for thick heavy brush strokes - at times replacing a brush with a pallet knife.

van Gogh

The “It’s Vincent Van Gogh” collage of impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings (The Starry Night, Roses, The Postman, The Bedroom, ect.) is the best gift for who loves Van Gogh and art.