Van Gogh Studio is located just a few minutes away from the Van Gogh Museum, filled with the iconic artist’s masterpieces. While only a few can own an original Van Gogh, we make stunning oil reproductions which everyone can take home with them, and that is all because of the talented Dutch and world artists that work with us. If you too want to own a Van Gogh, contact us today, and we will be more than happy to help you out. But instead of creating a repetition, Van Gogh did a smaller sized painting of the Bedroom for his mother and sister Wil. An interesting fact about the third version is that one of the two paintings over the bed has not been linked to any of the existing Van Gogh paintings. In the summer of 1889, Van Gogh decided to redo some of his best work, and the bedroom painting was one of them. It was Theo who recommended to reline the painting and then create a repetition. The paintings above the bed in this version are miniature portraits of his friends Paul-Eugène Milliet and Eugène Boch. The second version was created in April 1889 when the initial one was damaged in flood. This painting was actually done after Van Gogh had been bedridden for days. Van Gogh did want to reproduce his bedroom, but he wanted to add a lot of colour just to add grandeur to the otherwise simple things. In a letter to his brother Theo and later to Gauguin, Van Gogh included a rough sketch of the bedroom painting’s first version to explain what he was trying to achieve with them. He just depicted it as a corner in the painting. While the door to the left was the entry to the guest room that Van Gogh had prepared for Gauguin. Though the room was actually trapezoid with an obtuse angle and not a perfect rectangle, Van Gogh did not stress much on that fact. The paint color adds a hint of gray to the room making it feel instantly modern. Decor Aid an interior design firm out of New York City added depth to this narrow living room by painting the four walls a very pale shade called Gray Tint, by Benjamin Moore.
All these three versions have been separately described in Van Gogh’s letters, and they are easily distinguishable based on the pictures on the right wall above the bed. Also known as The Yellow House, the door present on the right opened directly on to the staircase and upper floor. Add Depth to a Small Space With Light Gray Walls. Vincent Van Gogh made three versions of his bedroom in Arles. Vincent’s Bedroom oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh reproductions
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