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''Bedroom in Arles'' ( Dutch Painter Vincent Van Gogh . The painting is a depiction of van Gogh's bedroom at his " Yellow House " in Arles. Van Gogh painted ''Bedroom in Arles'' in October 1888 while staying in Arles , Bouches-du-Rhône , France , shortly before his admittance to the psychiatric centre at Monastery Saint-Paul de Mausole. The painting is well-known for its use of colour and perspective. Van Gogh wrote the following to his brother Theo about the painting: This time it simply reproduces my bedroom; but colour must be abundant in this part, its simplification adding a rank of grandee to the style applied to the objects, getting to suggest a certain rest or dream. Well, I have thought that on watching the composition we stop thinking and imagining. I have painted the walls pale violet. The ground with checked material. The wooden bed and the chairs, yellow like fresh butter; the sheet and the pillows, lemon light green. The bedspread, scarlet coloured. The window, green. The washbasin, orangey; the tank, blue. The doors, lilac. And, that is all. There is not anything else in this room with closed shutters. The square pieces of furniture must express unswerving rest; also the portraits on the wall, the mirror, the bottle, and some costumes. The white colour has not been applied to the picture, so its frame will be white, aimed to get me even with the compulsory rest recommended for me. I have depicted no type of shade or shadow; I have only applied simple plain colours, like those in crêpes. The painting is currently hanging in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam . SECOND VERSION OF PAINTING The second version currently hangs in the Art Institute in Chicago . THIRD VERSION OF PAINTING
Van Gogh, at the urging of his brother Theo, made a copy of ''Bedroom in Arles'' in 1889 . The "copy" however, is not exact; it is noted for its use of bluer hues than the original, the lessened emphasis on cracks in the floor, as well as differences in two of the portraits on the walls. The third version currently hangs in the Musée D'Orsay , Paris . |
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