the-barnes-art-collection:

The Postman (Joseph-Étienne Roulin) by Vincent van Gogh, The Barnes Foundation

Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), Collection Gallery, Room 02, North Walln

For most of 1888, Vincent van Gogh rented a room above the Cafe de la Gare in Arles, near the train station. It was probably there that he met Joseph-Etienne Roulin, a mail handler who became his close friend as well as an important subject for his paintings.

Martha Lucy, The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks

Medium: Oil on canvas

https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/4720/