Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise · 862 works on DiscoverArt
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Stood in front of this in New York years ago and the line was 45 minutes. Worth every second. What surprised me is how thick the paint is — the swirls are almost sculpted.
I taught this painting to high schoolers for twenty years. Every year someone would point out that the room looks crooked, and every year we would end up in the best discussion about why "wrong" persp…
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As a painter I am supposed to say something sophisticated about the brushwork, but honestly: it is just joy. Fourteen kinds of yellow and pure joy.
He painted this from the asylum window at Saint-Rémy. Knowing that, the village feels imagined to me — like something remembered rather than seen.
Saw this in Gallery 241 last month. It is smaller than I expected and the blue of the doors is much softer in person.
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