IDENTITY
Letter 615 — Observation & Colour
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
On 28 May 1888 at Arles, Van Gogh describes observed colour at Montmajour in terms including fiery orange, Prussian-blue distant pines and a blue-green or cerulean sky.
CONTEXT
Topics
Observation, Colour, Fiery orange, Prussian-blue distant pines, blue-green/cerulean sky
Materials & Pigments
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
The passage records Van Gogh’s highly specific colour perception in the landscape and shows how observed relationships were translated into a vivid painterly vocabulary.
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, Scholarly Annotation
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