Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Post-Impressionism, 1853-1890): The Bedroom (also known as, Vincents Bedroom in Arles), 1888. Created in Arles, France. Oil on canvas, 72 x 90 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The walls are of a pale violet. The floor — is of red tiles. The bedstead and the chairs are fresh butter yellow. The sheet and the pillows very bright lemon green. The bedspread scarlet red. The window green. The dressing table orange, the basin blu...See More Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Post-Impressionism, 1853-1890): The Bedroom (also known as, Vincents Bedroom in Arles), 1888. Created in Arles, France. Oil on canvas, 72 x 90 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The walls are of a pale violet. The floor — is of red tiles. The bedstead and the chairs are fresh butter yellow. The sheet and the pillows very bright lemon green. The bedspread scarlet red. The window green. The dressing table orange, the basin blue. The doors lilac. (Vincent van Gogh, letter to Theo) Read more: vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let705/letter.html Of Interest (The Bedroom original palette?): therobertreport.net/2013/04/30/van-goghs-true-palette-revealed/ ... Van Gogh has depicted his bedroom in the Yellow House, furnished with simple pine furniture and his own paintings. Over the bed hang his portraits of the poet Eugène Boch and the soldier Paul-Eugène Milliet. ... In a letter to Theo he stated that he had “flattened” the interior and left out the shadows so that his picture would more closely resemble a Japanese print. (See painting The Courtesan). But the artist was interested in more than just making a Japanese image. The simple interior and bright colors were meant to convey notions of “rest” and “sleep,” both literally and figuratively. © Van Gogh Museum Read more: bit.ly/rUIrSb Three versions of The Bedroom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedroom_in_Arles The Bedroom restoration: museyon/blog/2010/09/02/news-van-goghs-bedroom-is-back/
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