Arles Room Van Gogh

Van gogh conceived the first bedroom in october 1888 a month after he moved into his yellow house in arles france.

Arles room van gogh.

Van gogh produced three almost identical paintings on the theme of his bedroom. The van gogh walking tour. 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. Along the wall to the right is a chair table with water on it and a window overlooking the street.

La chambre à coucher there are three authentic versions described in his letters easily distinguishable from one another. To van gogh this picture was an expression of perfect rest or sleep in general. That never fully came to fruition but he did manage to convince fellow artist and painter paul gauguin to stay. That proved to be too expensive though.

The bright cheerful little room has become a field of rapid convergences sharp angles and contrasts of high color. During his stay in arles between february 1888 and may 1889 vincent van gogh executed about 300 paintings and drawings. Van gogh s own title for this composition was simply the bedroom french. It depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france which is known as the yellow house.

Upon entering the room there is a bed to the right. Slaapkamer te arles is the title given to each of three similar paintings by 19th century dutch post impressionist painter vincent van gogh. This moment marked the first time the artist had a home of his own and he had immediately and enthusiastically set about decorating painting a suite of canvases to fill the walls. Bedroom in arles by vincent van gogh was a well known series of paintings produced by the artist in the french town of arles where he spent much of his later years there were three works within this series and they were spread across the prolific period of 1888 1889 when the painter came up with many of his best paintings.

When van gogh moved to arles he initially booked a room at a hotel where he hoped to stay learn and paint. The places in the city where the artist set up his easel are marked with panels representing his paintings. La chambre à arles. The bedroom currently on view vincent van gogh 1853 1890 arles october 1888 oil on canvas 72 4 cm x 91 3 cm.

He had plans for the yellow house to become an artist s colony where artists could stay and support each other. The first in the van gogh museum in amsterdam was executed in october 1888 and damaged during a flood that occurred while the painter was in hospital in arles.