The Roulin Family is group of portrait paintings Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889.
Joseph Roulin was born on 4 April 1841 in Lambesc, about 60 km east of Arles, and died in September 1903 in Marseille. On 31 August 1868 he married Augustine-Alex Pellicot, born on 9 October 1851 like her husband in Lambesc, and died on 5 April 1930.
The Roulins had three children: Armand Roulin, the eldest son, was born on 5 May 1871 in Lambesc,...
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The Roulin Family is group of portrait paintings Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in 1888 and 1889.
Joseph Roulin was born on 4 April 1841 in Lambesc, about 60 km east of Arles, and died in September 1903 in Marseille. On 31 August 1868 he married Augustine-Alex Pellicot, born on 9 October 1851 like her husband in Lambesc, and died on 5 April 1930.
The Roulins had three children: Armand Roulin, the eldest son, was born on 5 May 1871 in Lambesc, and died on 14 November 1945; 17 years of age, when portrayed by Van Gogh, he then worked in Lambesc as a blacksmith's apprentice. Camille Roulin, too, was born in Lambesc, on 10 July 1877, and died on 4 June 1922; when his father had to answer to letters, he served as his secretary. Marcelle Roulin was born on 31 July 1888, and four months old, when Van Gogh did her portraits.
As the Roulin family was similar in size to Van Gogh's own, in his psychological approach Lubin suggested that Van Gogh may have adopted them as a substitute.
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