Van Gogh Room Painting

While he was in arles van gogh made this painting of his bedroom in the yellow house.

Van gogh room painting.

If you look around the room you will notice that there are two of nearly everything. The window in the front wall looked on to place lamartine and its. The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. Upon entering the room there is a bed to the right.

The door to the left was that of the guest room he held prepared for gauguin. 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. The door to the right opened on to the upper floor and the staircase. 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.

Pillows water jugs bottles chairs. He prepared the room himself with simple furniture and with his own work on the wall. Research shows that the strongly contrasting colours we see in the work today are the result of discolouration over the years. The window in the front wall looked on to place lamartine and its public gardens.

Vincent willem van gogh dutch. The painting depicts van gogh s bedroom at 2 place lamartine in arles bouches du rhône france known as the yellow house. The door to the left was that of the guest room he held prepared for gauguin. The door to the right opened on to the upper floor and the staircase.