Matthew Wong – Vincent van Gogh
Painting as a Last Resort
From 14 February 2025
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THE ALBERTINA MUSEUM, VIENNA
The New York Times has called Matthew Wong »one of the most talented painters of his generation.« This Chinese-Canadian artist straddled the frontier between Far-Eastern and Western art and was influenced equally by van Gogh and Shitao, both of whom figured significantly in his individual development.
Wong, who committed suicide at age 35, was an autodidact who came late to art: his impressive oeuvre arose during a brief period encompassing his final eight years of life. The artist engaged with modernist stances as well as with varieties of expressive art produced by his contemporaries.
This exhibition is conceived as a juxtaposition of around 60 paintings and numerous works on paper by Wong with selected works by van Gogh. It is being mounted in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Kunsthaus Zürich, and the Matthew Wong Foundation.
The exhibition is on view from 14 February until 19 June 2025.
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Matthew Wong: End of the Day, 2019
200 × 180 cm, Oil on canvas
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Monita and Raymond Wong in memory of their son, Matthew Wong, 2023 © 2025 Matthew Wong Foundation / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025, Cheim & Read, New York)
Photo: Alex Yudzon
Matthew Wong: The Space Between Trees, 2019
60 × 50 cm, Oil on canvas
(Collection of Judith and Danny Tobey © 2025 Matthew Wong Foundation / Bildrecht Vienna, 2025)
Vincent van Gogh: Field with Irises near Arles, 1888
55 × 65 cm, Oil on canvas
(Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) © Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation))
200 × 180 cm, Oil on canvas (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Monita and Raymond Wong in memory of their son, Matthew Wong, 2023 © 2025 Matthew Wong Foundation / Bildrecht, Vienna 2025, Cheim & Read, New York)
Photo: Alex Yudzon
60 × 50 cm, Oil on canvas (Collection of Judith and Danny Tobey © 2025 Matthew Wong Foundation / Bildrecht Vienna, 2025)
55 × 65 cm, Oil on canvas (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) © Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation))