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Lullaby (Augustine Roelen) IV by Vincent Van Gogh

Lullaby (Augustine Roelen) IV by Vincent Van Gogh

In this picture, Van Gogh portrayed Augustine Roelen, the wife of the postman Joseph Ruhlen, who became Van Gogh’s best friend during the artist’s stay in Arles. In addition to the image of the postman and his wife, Van Gogh created portraits of all his children.

Several variants of this portrait are known, differing from each other quite insignificantly. Judging by the name of the picture, the artist writes a woman at the moment when she puts her younger son to bed. The lullaby is already sung, the baby falls asleep, and the mother sits over his crib. Her pose with folded arms is full of peace and tranquility, her lowered eyes are thoughtful. Impressed by the author’s scene is full of silence, with her calmness the woman seems to guard the dream of the baby.

Like many portraits of the members of the family, this is written on a colorful merry background. Large white flowers are the brightest and bright spots in the picture, which is based on a combination of contrasting, but dark and muted tones of red and green hues. The artist uses the filling of wide planes with solid color and strong dark contours. In the face of a woman, yellow predominates. As is known, his Van Gogh always used in portraits of people close to him. Yellow was for him a symbol of warmth and joy of life.

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