Norton Simon Museum

oil painting of man from shoulders up in green coat and yellow hat with blue background
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)
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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) painted his Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) in August 1888 during a highly productive fifteen-month stay in Arles in southern France.

oil painting of lemons, oranges, and cup on a table against black background
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum
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The Frick Collection presented a selection of five masterpieces of European painting from the highly acclaimed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California.

Madame Manet
Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum
Image of Mary Magdalene and her sister, Martha, with and angel and a devil
Cagnacci’s Masterpiece The Repentant Magdalene Comes to the Frick this Fall
painting of bearded man with yellow hat wearing bright green jacket
Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) on Loan from the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Still life painting of oranges in wicker basket
Unprecedented Reciprocal Loan Collaboration Between the Frick and Norton Simon Museum Inaugurated this Winter
Link to introductory video for the exhibition 'Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum'
Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum
David Pullins introduces the exhibition Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum on view at The Frick Collection from October 16, 2019 through January 5, 2020.
Link to video about 'Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)' from the Norton Simon Museum
"The Painting from the Canvas Up," Van Gogh's 'Portrait of a Peasant' from the Norton Simon

Before its presentation at The Frick Collection for the exhibition, Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) traveled from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where it was examined by a team of paintings conservators. The results of this close look at the painting and the details it revealed about the artist's technique are presented in this video, which is also accessible in the Frick's Media Room through January 20, 2013.

Link to introductory video for the exhibition 'Van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)'
Van Gogh's "Portrait of a Peasant" from the Norton Simon, An Introduction to the Exhibition

Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at The Frick Collection, offers an introduction to van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier) and the context in which it was created. The video will be on view in the Music Room at the Frick during the run of the exhibition.

Link to introductory exhibition video for Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum
'Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum'

The Frick Collection was pleased to present a selection of five masterpieces of European painting from the highly acclaimed Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California that was on view in the Oval Room from February 10 through May 10, 2009. Colin B. Bailey, Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection introduces this exhibition.