Vincent van Gogh

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.

Marcus Bell · ♥ 7 · on The Starry Night →

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…

Joan Whitaker · ♥ 6 · on The Bedroom →

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.

Tessa Marchetti · ♥ 5 · on Sunflowers (Munich version) →

He painted this from the asylum window at Saint-Rémy. Knowing that, the village feels imagined to me — like something remembered rather than seen.

Hannah Lindqvist · ♥ 4 · on The Starry Night →

Saw this in Gallery 241 last month. It is smaller than I expected and the blue of the doors is much softer in person.

Kenji Nakamura · ♥ 3 · on The Bedroom →