In the winter of 1888 van gogh traveled to a town in the south of france called arles. The perspective vision of the walls and bed is as exciting as one of his deep landscapes where we are carried headlong to the horizon.
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Van gogh paints with authenticity allowing one to visualize and understand the bedroom and van gogh s opinions on it. Letters of vincent van gogh. The second belonging to the art institute of chicago painted a year later on the same scale and almost identical.
Vincent van gogh 1853 1890 arles october 1888 oil on canvas 72 4 cm x 91 3 cm credits obliged to state. He was very pleased with the painting and delighted that artist paul gauguin who moved in a week later admired it as well. Vincent van gogh so highly esteemed his bedroom painting that he made three distinct versions.
There he hoped to start a studio of the south where painters could live and work together creating art in a region with more direct sunlight than paris had and reminding vincent of the landscape he admired in japanese prints. Quotes of vincent van gogh. Of vincent van gogh.
The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. Van gogh painted his first bedroom just after moving into his beloved yellow house the first place that truly felt like home in arles france in 1888. Van gogh museum amsterdam vincent van gogh foundation while he was in arles van gogh made this painting of his bedroom in the yellow house.
The subject matter consists of a bed with large and stocky timber a window overlooking the street and a table with water on it. To van gogh this picture was an expression of perfect rest or sleep in general. Paintings at nuenen 1883 85 paintings paris 1886 88 paintings at arles 1888 1889 paintings at auvers sur oise 1890 saint remy 1889 90.
The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. Vincent van gogh in full vincent willem van gogh born march 30 1853 zundert netherlands died july 29 1890 auvers sur oise near paris france dutch painter generally considered the greatest after rembrandt van rijn and one of the greatest of the post impressionists the striking colour emphatic brushwork and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of. The bright cheerful little room has become a field of rapid convergences sharp angles and contrasts of high color.
The first now in the collection of the van gogh museum amsterdam.
