THE VAN GOGHS
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.
​Van Gogh began drawing as a child, but he did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. Still, at the time of his death at age 37, his work was relatively unknown and appreciated by few.
Van Gogh was known have mental illness, but the extent to which his mental health affected his painting has been a subject of speculation. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, modern critics see an artist deeply frustrated by the inactivity and incoherence brought about by his bouts of illness. Van Gogh has created a collection of work that includes self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, portraits and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers, and it made him one of the most popular artists of all time.​
MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINTS AND ANGELS
ON LOAN FROM PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART - TULSA, OKLAHOMA
​PIERO DI COSIMO
Oil on panel. (1520)
We wanted a circle painting in the gallery, and now we got one. Such a maternal piece with warm colors and cherub faces.
Oil on canvas. (1888)
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Van Gogh painted this self-portrait in the winter of 1887-1888, when he had been living in Paris for nearly two years.
Since his arrival in the city he had devoted much study to the dotted Pointillist technique, thereby learning how he might apply it in his own fashion. His use of brushstrokes running in a variety of directions created a self-portrait with a halo-like circle round his head.
This variation and the dynamics it created were Van Gogh’s own contribution to the new style of painting.
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH FELT HAT, 1888
ON LOAN FROM THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS​
SUNFLOWERS
ON LOAN FROM ​​​​THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Oil on canvas. (1889)
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It was August, the sunflowers were blooming, and Van Gogh desperately wanted to capture them in a series of 12 pictures. ​
He painted the series to decorate the room where Paul Gauguin would stay when he arrived in Arles. Because the flowers wilted so quickly, he worked on his canvases every day.​​​​​
In the end, Vincent executed four sunflower still lifes; however, he felt only two were good enough to hang in Gauguin’s bedroom. He was later to paint three copies of them.
THE LYNN MORGANS
PORTRAIT OF JAIME SABARTES A LATTE GRANDE
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR OF MOOSEVILLE'S PRIVATE COLLECTION​
​LYNN MORGAN
Oil on canvas​. (2007)
​Though Lynn Morgan's replica of Picasso's Portrait of Jaime Sabartes as Grandee has more tan and sepia tones than the original, it is still a wonderful homage to the complexities of how Picasso could distort reality in an interesting and eye-pleasing way.
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THE LITTLE SHEPHERDESS
ON LOAN FROM PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART - TULSA, OKLAHOMA
​WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOURGUEREAU
Oil on canvas. (1889)
We don't know much about this pieces, but we like the girl's posture and subtle confidence she has during a time where women didn't have that much to be confident about.
EROSION NO. 2 - MOTHER EARTH LAID BARE
ON LOAN FROM PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART - TULSA, OKLAHOMA
​ALEXANDRE HOGUE
Oil on canvas. (1936)
Mother Earth been plowed up, torn up, and used up, but she looks fluffy and cozy like a quilt. She looks dead but is still beautiful.
Oil on canvas. (1889)
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Rooted in imagination and memory, The Starry Night embodies an inner, subjective expression of van Goghs response to nature. In thick, sweeping brushstrokes, a flamelike cypress unites the churning sky and the quiet village below. The village was partly invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's native land, the Netherlands.
HEAD OF A SKELETON WITH A BURNING CIGARETTE, 1886
ON LOAN FROM THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS​
Oil on canvas.
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This curious and somewhat macabre little painting is undated. It was probably executed in the winter of 1885-86, during Van Gogh’s stay in Antwerp. He had traveled there from Nuenen in November 1885, and in January 1886 – in order to have the opportunity to draw and paint after the live model – he enrolled at the art academy.
Students at Antwerp’s traditional academy learned by copying prints and studying plaster casts. After they had progressed sufficiently, they were permitted to study the live model. Skeletons were often used to help them understand human anatomy.
This skull with a cigarette was likely meant as a kind of joke, and probably also as a comment on conservative academic practice.
OTHER CLASSICS
JACKIE WITH FLOWERS
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR OF MOOSEVILLE'S PRIVATE COLLECTION​
​LYNN MORGAN
Oil on canvas​. (2007)
This striking portrait of Pablo Picasso's wife Jacqueline is sort of a replica of Picasso's original painting completed in 1956. Lynn Morgan beautifully recreates the same elegant, elongated neck as she was often done by Picasso himself. ​The Picasso painting was originally titled "Portrait de Jacqueline aux Fleurs."
​Quite possibly on of the greatest impersonator artists of all time Lynn Morgan is able to capture the essence of painters like Pablo Picasso with spot-on accuracy and a hint of originality.
Morgan began her painting career later on in life, and although she is relatively unknown, her work has been capturing the eye of local Mooseville art collectors for years.
ARIZONA NIGHTS
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR OF MOOSEVILLE'S PRIVATE COLLECTION​
​Oil on canvas​. (1984)
​Tyler's other artistic interests include quilting and crafts. These influences can be seen in her broad brush strokes and color selections.
Arizona Nights is one of her more well-known pieces, second only to Big Tiger Head.
SEE OTHER THINGS
THE CHARLOTTE TYLERS
Charlotte Tyler has dabbled with painting her entire life. Naturally talented, Tyler pushes the boundaries with her paintbrush and creates picturesque portrayals of landscapes and animals subjects. Notoriously humble about her skills, Tyler's progression as an artist can be traced through the signatures she has chosen for each painting, be it Charlotte Tyler, Charlotte, Sugar Bear, or simply CT. She's a thoughtful artist with an eye for vibrant color pairings, and we hope you enjoy this sample of her life's work.
BIG TIGER HEAD
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR OF MOOSEVILLE'S PRIVATE COLLECTION​
​Oil on canvas​. (1980)
​Big Tiger Head is Tyler's most recognizable piece. It has hung in multiple bedrooms as well as in both home and work offices. Tyler's attention to detail on the fur is what makes this piece interesting, engaging, and authentic.
THE BARN YEARS
​BARN IN WINTER #1
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1984)
The Barn Years were a productive time for Tyler. Influenced by the shapes and scenario of rural land, she created a series of paintings that were impressive in both volume and attention to detail. The subjects were generally painted with fall and winter backdrops and were rumored to be memories of her children growing up in northeast Arkansas.
​BARN IN WINTER #2
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1984)
Tyler spent some of her childhood living in Illinois and after moving to Arkansas, and then eventually Oklahoma, she often yearned for the cooler temperatures of the northern part of the country.
She loved the mountains and would often paint them in the background of her pictures.
​BARN IN FALL #3
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1985)
Common themes in Tyler's work were trees, birds, and water. All of her work during the barn years included these themes.
She would spend much of her time focusing on leaves, reflections, cloud placement, and flying patterns.
​LITTLE WHITE CHAPEL
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1985)​
Devote in her religion Tyler loved painting small churches, much likes the one she grow up attending in northeast Arkansas.
​BUTTERFLY
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1981)
Although known for her landscape work she perfected in her later life, Tyler's earlier work showcased animals and insects. She focused on capturing them in their na​tural environments, which consider a reflection of God's work.
​HUMMINGBIRDS
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1987)
Birds were important to Charlotte Tyler, and she loved all kinds. She was an avid bird watcher and had a particular fascination for eagles, bluebird, cardinals, and of course hummingbirds.
​BIG ELK
ON LOAN FROM THE MAYOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
Oil on canvas​. (1982)
In addition to birds, Tyler also had a fondness for other animals, specifically those in the deer and elk families.
Speculation for the reasons for Tyler's love of deer and elk range from their presence in Arkansas and their powerful, cautious, independent natures.
If one doubts her respect for the hooves and antlered animals she even named her middle daughter after one.