IDENTITY
Letter 597 — Support & Ground
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
On 13 April 1888 at Arles, Van Gogh selects absorbent Tasset canvas and evaluates newly supplied colours, criticizing the Prussian blue and cinnabar while judging the remainder satisfactory.
CONTEXT
Topics
Support, Ground, Tasset canvas samples, Paint Quality, Prussian blue, cinnabar, supplier evaluation
Materials & Pigments
Canvas, Tasset canvas, Prussian blue, cinnabar
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Tasset, Theo van Gogh
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
The letter provides direct evidence for Van Gogh’s discrimination between suppliers’ materials, linking his preference for a particular support with practical judgments about paint quality.
Related Work / Relevance
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source
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