IDENTITY
Les artistes de mon temps — essay on Eugène Delacroix
Art Writing
Work Summary
A critical and biographical essay on Eugène Delacroix discussing his artistic character, methods and use of colour within an assessment of his place in nineteenth-century French art. The essay includes theoretical observations on colour relationships and Delacroix's departure from purely literal local colour.
Evidence Summary
Across two documented events from c. 6 Jun 1884 to c. 18 Apr 1885, Van Gogh's engagement with Les artistes de mon temps — essay on Eugène Delacroix progresses through quotation/copying.
Enclosed a few interesting pages about colour, that is, the great verities in which Delacroix believed.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Blanc
Work
Les artistes de mon temps — essay on Eugène Delacroix
Years / Period
c. 6 Jun 1884 | c. 18 Apr 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
I’ll copy something else out of that piece about Delacroix, about the laws that always apply to colours.
Enclosed a few interesting pages about colour, that is, the great verities in which Delacroix believed.
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
c. 6 Jun 1884 — Letter 449
Copied / discussed / planned further copying
I’ll copy something else out of that piece about Delacroix, about the laws that always apply to colours.
Response: Van Gogh copies a passage on Delacroix and local colour, then says he may copy more from the essay about laws that always apply to colours.
Connection: Direct documentary engagement with art writing while thinking through colour relationships in his own practice.
c. 18 Apr 1885 — Letter 494
Copied / enclosed / amended for Theo
Enclosed a few interesting pages about colour, that is, the great verities in which Delacroix believed.
Response: Van Gogh encloses 'interesting pages about colour' — the 'great verities in which Delacroix believed'.
Connection: The copied material sets out primary/binary colours, complementaries, simultaneous contrast, broken tones and analogous colour relationships.
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