"Bedroom in Arles" is one of the most popular paintings of Van Gogh. This is an oil on canvas, it's 70x90 cm, and he realized this painting in 1888. It's located at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The painting shows the bedroom in Van Gogh's house in Arles, where he lives with his friend Paul Gogain. There are two others versions of this painting, one in the Art Institute of Chicago and another one in the Museè Orsay. In the background there is a green window with yellow glass. On the left side there is a little mirror hanging on the light blue wall, under which there is a small table with three bottles, a vase, a glass, a dish with some food and a brush. In the middle of the background there is a yellow chair under the window; In the right part of the background there is a painting with a Japanese press and a clothes hanger with three jackets and a hat. On the left side of the painting there is a blue door, another chair and a hanging cloth. On the right side there is also a blue door, there are two self-portaits and two drawings, down there is the bed with a red blanket and two pillows. The furniture are very simple, in fact the real subject are the colours. Livia Gaglio 3H
This article reminds me to my favourite artist, Vincent Van Gogh. I’m not a really art lover, but all the Van Gogh’s paintings have always fascinated me. In particular this painting, “bedroom in Arles”, which seems to talk through the colours that are so gorgeous. Although the furniture is so simple, the colours make it alive.
ReplyDeleteBut I’ve never seen it live, and I think that you can understand a painting seeing it on a book. So I hope to go to Amsterdam soon.
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