The Zouave

*Le Zouave (half-figure)*
Le Zouave (half-figure)
Artist	Vincent van Gogh
Year	June 1888
Catalogue	F423; JH1486;
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	82 cm × 65 cm (32 in × 26 in)
Location	Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The Zouave is the subject of several sketches and paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France in June 1888. The pieces range from close up oil painting portraits of the Zouave to full-body drawings. Van Gogh produced this collection of pieces during the period he spent in southern France, which many scholars regard as the zenith of his artistic career.^[1]^: 11Van Gogh nonetheless expressed frustration about his work during this time.

The well-known half-figure oil painting, Le Zouave, can be found in Amsterdam in the Van Gogh Museum along with the pencil and reed pen drawing of The Seated Zouave.^[2]

^ Pickvance, Ronald (1984). Van Gogh in Arles. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. pp. 11–176. ISBN 0870993755.
^ "The Zouave Vincent van Gogh, 1888". Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

[:0-1] Pickvance, Ronald (1984). Van Gogh in Arles. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers. pp. 11–176. ISBN 0870993755.

[2] "The Zouave Vincent van Gogh, 1888". Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

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