Vincent Van Gogh - Still Life With Bible Tile

This oil on canvas from 1885 depicts the Bible that belonged to his father who was a a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands. The Bible is open to Isaiah 53 which describes a servant of God as "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief . . . ". In front of the Bible is a copy of Emile Zola's La joie de vivre (The Joy of Living), in which it can be argued that Van Gogh was depicting the antithesis of his father's Bible - a fresh and modern way of perceiving the world realistically, rather than the Bible which Van Gogh felt caused "despair and indignation". Unlike similar stores, Art Lover's Cafe features classic, high resolution works of art that have been carefully restored, colour-balanced & retouched to remove spots & artifacts commonly found in most reproductions sold online. Compare the quality and vivid colours of the artwork found here with others on the Internet and you'll see the difference.