L’Arlesienne:Madame Joseph – Michel Ginoux by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1888. It is in oil on canvas. The dimensions are 36 x 29 in. It depicts a woman in a refined (tasteful) black dress seated on a wooden chair at a table with a circular green table top, there is an open book in front of her with brightly colored pages in shades of green, yellow, red, and white. To her left lays another brightly …showed first 75 words of 460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 460 total…has read in the book. To conclude, this beautiful painting is geometric in nature. From the bright red jacket covered books with worn edges and green, yellow, red and white pages, to the model’s rigid shoulders and body structure and hairstyle as well as the tip of her nose and chin which terminates in a point. The contrasting bright yellow – orange background with the dark foreground intensifies the angular contours that fill the painting.