Van Gogh’s Arlesiana -Gast in Palazzo Citterio – Milan

Milan – depicted with the traditional Provencal dress, Marie Ginoux, owner of the café de la Gare di Arles, the viewer winks with the affectionate sweetness of a protective mother.
The sad look, the just mentioned smile, the face that rests on the left hand, suggests the presence of a message hidden in what seems to be a “simple” portrait at first sight.
The two books on the table in the foreground – Uncle Tom’s Box (Harriet Beecker Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Hut) A Contes of Noël (Christmas floors) By Charles Dickens – confirm the metaphorical meaning of the female figure, a clear allusion to the in -depth values ​​that are attributed to the protagonist.
Personification of melancholy, Arlesian Van Gogh is one of the series of portraits of Madame Ginoux that the painter performed in February 1890.
The owner of the café de la Gare di Arles, a destination for artists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh who spent a period of artistic partnership in the Provencal City by sharing the home studio, is from 14 March to 11 May in Palazzo Citterio, in Milan, guest of the Great Brera space.
The masterpiece of the Dutch Master, from the GNAMC – National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome, inaugurates the new cycle of exhibitions entitled The guest That Palazzo Citterio will welcome, particularly important works of art history, about a temporary loan from prestigious museums and institutions.

“Met de aankomst in Palazzo Citterio van een Van Gogh, afkomstig uit de GNAMC van Rome – zegt Angelo Crespi, algemeen directeur van de Pinacoteca di Brera -” The Guest “wordt ingehuldigd, een reeks samenwerkingen met andere instituten, niet alleen musea, die zorgen voor de buitengewone lening van een werk van een werk van een werk van zowel in Entry en. Een project dat het thema implementeert From the improvement of the collections in the simplest and direct way, and at the same time prestigious “.
In the guest portrait in Palazzo Citterio, Madame Ginoux – the same that Van Gogh will help with her husband during her frequent nerve disorders – differs from the previous images, for the installation, as well as for the expression and the clearer and calm color.

“As part of the cooperation agreement started with the Grande Brera – Cristina Mazzantini, director of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome – explained that generously granted countless loans for the beautiful exhibition” Il Tempo del Futurismo “, the success of Milan L’s success‘ArlesianaOne of the two Van Gogh preserved in their collection, the most important in the world of modern and contemporary Italian art. The goal is to create an ideal bridge between Rome and Milan, based on the exchange of works of the respective collections and followed to a joint improvement of the “new masters” of Italian art, through a shared program of temporary exhibitions “.

With the audience, the canvas will not only share the emotional proximity of the sunflower painter on the painted subject, but especially the introspective analysis of his existential situation. To put forward the iconic symbolic incidence in the Arlesiana, the same words as Vincent are actually written in a letter addresses to Paul Gauguin: “It is a photo that she will understand, she, me and few other people we know how we want it to be understood.”