Van Gogh Room Painting

The door to the right opened on to the upper floor and the staircase.

Van gogh room painting.

It has been said that because the first version of this painting was painted whilst van gogh was awaiting the arrival of gauguin the painting can be seen as van gogh s unfulfilled wish for partnership and friendship with his fellow painter. The bright colours were meant to express absolute repose or sleep. The window in the front wall looked on to place lamartine and its public gardens. The door to the right opened on to the upper floor and the staircase.

The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. Vincent willem van gogh dutch. The door to the left was that of the guest room he held prepared for gauguin. 30 march 1853 29 july 1890 was a dutch post impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of western art in just over a decade he created about 2 100 artworks including around 860 oil paintings most of which date from the last two years of his life.

The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx. He prepared the room himself with simple furniture and with his own work on the wall. The window in the front wall looked on to place lamartine and its.

Van gogh s bedroom or bedroom in arles painting is of a room where one sleeps and he wanted the painting to put the viewer s mind and imagination at rest. Upon entering the room there is a bed to the right. Pillows water jugs bottles chairs. While he was in arles van gogh made this painting of his bedroom in the yellow house.