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"Cafe Terrace at Night" (After Van Gogh) by David Aldus (now sold 23/12/12)
HIGH PRESTIGE EXHIBITION STANDARD OIL PAINTING "Cafe Terrace at Night" A rendition after the legendary Artist Vincent Van Gogh. BY THE FABULOUS ARTIST DAVID ALDUS. Highest price received for one of his paintings is £20,000 "Armada under attack from English Fleet" Also £14,000. "Lot's Wife" Absolute investment opportunity!
"Cafe Terrace at Night" (After Van Gogh) by David Aldus
Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh painted this romantic cafe in 1888 in Arles, France. Van Gogh lived in Arles with fellow Artist Paul Gauguin! Vincent van Gogh painted several night scenes and became fascinated with depicting the stars (most famously with his Starry Night paintings) and the light effects of the night. Van Gogh has achieved an effect of luminosity with the use of contrasting colors and tones. The darks compliment the lights, the blues intensify the oranges, and the purples bring out the yellows.
Van Gogh wrote about the Cafe Terrace at Night painting in a letter to his sister, saying "Here you have a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colors itself sulphur pale yellow and citron green. It amuses me enormously to paint the night right on the spot. Normally, one draws and paints the painting during the daytime after the sketch. But I like to paint the thing immediately.
It is true that in the darkness I can take a blue for a green, a blue lilac for a pink lilac, since it is hard to distinguish the quality of the tone. But it is the only way to get away from our conventional night with poor pale whitish light, while even a simple candle already provides us with the richest of yellows and oranges."
The cafe still exists today and is a popular destination for those following the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh.!
Measurements height 20 inches by 16 inches. ( 51 cms x 40 cms)
Oil on Canvas...............
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David Aldus the artist has exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists ( R.B.A ); the Royal Institute of Oils (R.O.I); and the Royal Society of Marine Artists (R.S.M.A) He has been nominated twice as a finalist in the Garrick/Milne prize exhibition held at Christies LONDON. His work has been selected for the Discerning Eye Exhibition by Art Critic, Edward Lucie Smith, where all his work was sold. At the same Exhibition he was awarded a special commendation for his brushwork. He also sold all his work at the Lambeth Palace when exhibiting under the auspices of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. At the Westminster Central Hall United Artists' Exhibition he won first prize for the best Oil painting!! Highest price received for one of his paintings is £20,000 "Armada under attack from the English Fleet" Also £14,000. "Lot's wife" see davidaldus.com . This painting was the same size as Turner's Hannibal crossing the Alps 5 foot by 8 foot. David Aldus also sold "A tribute to the people of Malta" that sold for £10,000. The same painting was the subject of a congratulatory letter from Queen Elizabeth II. Lord Lewin, Admiral of the Fleet also sent a letter of congratulations. He has held one or two-man shows at Knightsbridge; South Kensington; Windsor and numerous other venues. He has exhibited in Westminster Central Hall; Royal Festival Hall; Birmingham’s Royal British Artists exhibition; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; Rooksmoor Gallery, Bath; London Guildhall; Mann Island, Liverpool; Christies, the London Auction House, etc.
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