L'Arlesienne:Madame Joseph - Michel Ginoux by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1888. It is in oil on canvas. The dimensions are 36 x 29 in.
It depicts a woman in a refined (tasteful) black dress seated on a wooden chair at a table with a circular green table top, there is an open book in front of her with brightly colored pages in shades of green, yellow, red, and white. To her left lays another brightly colored red jacketed book.
The first thing that drew me to the painting was the effect created by contrast of the dark figure of Madam Ginoux which boldly stands out in the fore ground against the yellow - orange back ground of the painting. The back ground at first brought to mind a Car
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