"Postman Roulin "

Painted at the beginning of August 1888 in Arles. Exposed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA. Is an oil on canvas, 81.2 x 65.3 cms. Vincent Van Gogh. The postman Joseph Roulin was a very good friend of Vincent Van Gogh in Arles. Vincent did six portraits of the postman Roulin, from several drawings that later on he would translate into oil on canvas. The postman uniform allowed the artist to play with all the different shades of blue. In the painting of the postman sitting by the table, exposed in Boston, the blue colour domain the whole composition, where the postman rests his arm in a green table.
The painted mentioned above is considered the best of the series of portraits of the postman Joseph Roulin.

He also made several portraits of the Roulin Family, he would called the "the russians". But, after a while he learned to love and asmire these very simple and serious people.

Portrait of Augustine Roulin van Gogh, Vincent 18 in. x 24 in. Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com

Portrait of Armand Roulin, 1888 van Gogh, Vincent 18 in. x 24 in. Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com

Portrait of Postman Joseph Roulin van Gogh, Vincent 18 in. x 24 in. Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com

In the Postman Roulin Portrait above, the influence of Paul Gaugin is very noticeable. See the wallpaper in the background, decorating every corner of the painting with the japanese influenced flowers that would decorate most of Paul Gaugin pictures.