Van Gogh’s Chair Reconsidered

The famous painting of a chair reinterpreted as the artist’s throne

Van Gogh’s Chair (1888) by Vincent van Gogh. National Gallery, London. Source Wikimedia Commons

Perhaps it is not difficult to see the grave symbolism of an empty chair. Human habits tend people towards their ‘favourite chair’ which when left vacant can become a momento of the person who once rested there.