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Which artists did Vincent van Gogh meet in Paris?
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Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait, oil on artist's board on cradled panel by Vincent van Gogh, 1887; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
After moving to Paris in 1886 to join his brother Theo van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh met several influential artists who introduced him to the latest developments in French painting.1
Through his brother and his own social circles, he met:
These encounters were pivotal for van Gogh, as they exposed him to Impressionist techniques and color theories that helped him evolve his own personal style and brushwork. He even hoped to form a separate group with some of these artists, eventually leading him to invite Gauguin to join him in Arles to establish a working community known as "The Studio of the South".12