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Open Bible is an unusual oil painting for Vincent Van Gogh with it's religious connections which for him were rare. The exact message of this painting remains unclear and much discussed, being either a positive or negative view on the influence of religion at that time. The unreadable text makes the bible become more of an artistic symbol for the work, and that helps Van Gogh to announce his message clearly without simply being a adaptation of the bible in a realist style. Of course, this is just therefore another example of his famous expressionist and creative approach in practice.
The Open Bible is available to view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Holland as part of the best Van Gogh gallery currently available. It is well worth a visit, although this work remains one of his lesser known paintings. However, with so many followers, even less famous paintings from Van Gogh like Open Bible still attract plenty of interest, study and discussion.
Open Bible is a famous impressionist painting by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh.
You can find other Van Gogh paintings here.
This Van Gogh painting is just one of many popular works that were created from his prolific but short career as an artist in France. Van Gogh's Post-impressionist techniques remain popular with art followers and his classic 19th century paintings are displayed in major exhibitions around the world, particularly Europe and North America. His unusual style of painting has been attributed to his unstable mental condition and it's originality is a major reason for his success.
We have many other Van Gogh paintings available to buy as reproductions, you can see a full list of famous Van Gogh paintings below:
- The Night Café
- The Yellow House
- Falling Autumn Leaves
- L'allée des Alyscamps
- Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
- Starry Night Over the Rhone
- The Starry Night
- Irises
- Self-portrait
- The Church at Auvers
- Portrait of Dr. Gachet
- Thatched Cottages by a Hill
- Wheat Field with Crows
- Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat
- Potato Eaters
- A Wheatfield with Cypresses
| Artists | Vincent Van Gogh |
