Original Vincent Van Gogh Bedroom

The bedroom currently on view vincent van gogh 1853 1890 arles october 1888 oil on canvas 72 4 cm x 91 3 cm.

Original vincent van gogh bedroom.

Because of the simplicity of the subject matter and items in the bedroom van gogh felt that the color needed to do the job of the painting. On october 16th 1888 vincent wrote to his brother describing a painting of his bedroom. La chambre à arles. Bedroom in arles french.

Slaapkamer te arles is the title given to each of three similar paintings by 19th century dutch post impressionist painter vincent van gogh. Vincent van gogh so highly esteemed his bedroom painting that he made three distinct versions. The door to the right opened on to the upper floor and the staircase. Van gogh painted his first bedroom just after moving into his beloved yellow house in arles france in 1888 he was so enamored with the work now in the collection of the van gogh museum in amsterdam that after water damage threatened its stability he became determined to preserve the composition by painting a second version while at an asylum in saint rémy in 1889.

To van gogh this picture was an expression of perfect rest or sleep in general. Both paintings portray vincent van gogh s bedroom in arles southern france in the late 1880s and are part of a new exhibition opening in chicago. Van gogh s own title for this composition was simply the bedroom french. And a third smaller canvas in the collection of the musée d orsay paris which he made as a gift for his mother.

The second belonging to the art institute of chicago painted a year later on the same scale and almost identical. The original painting was water damaged. The first now in the collection of the van gogh museum amsterdam. The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house.

The window in the front wall looked on to place lamartine and its public gardens. The bright cheerful little room has become a field of rapid convergences sharp angles and contrasts of high color. The perspective vision of the walls and bed is as exciting. The door to the left was that of the guest room he held prepared for gauguin.

This chart was inspired by the illustrations of vincent willem van gogh 1853 1890 was a dutch post impressionist painter whose work notable for its rough beauty emotional honesty and bold color had a far reaching influence on 20th century art.