Prisoners Round

The "Prisoners Round" was painted in 1890, when Van Gogh was in the Saint-Rémy asylium. This is a copy of the Gustav Durè's painting, maybe he has to copy this painting because in the asylium he coludn't go out, but he used his style. 

The scene take place in a yard, where the light comes from the above ground, maybe he wanted to speak about his mental situation,as his spirit was in a cage.

The painting is very repetitive, because the prisoners are simualr each other. There are 33 prisoners that walk inside the place where the prisoners spend their freetime, they look  sad and hopeless. All the prisoner wear a hat,but we can recognized one of them. He is in the front gound, he has blond hair and he doesn't wear a hat. A theory says that this prisoner is the self-portait of Van Gogh, maybe beacause he was feeling like a prisoners.

The walls are an important element in the painting, because the latter prevent us to see outside, so for the prisoners is impossible to get the freedom. 

I chose this painting because with it Van Gogh want to speak about his situation in the asylium, personifying himself in a prisoner. Michela D'Amato