The mistral made painting in Arles a fight. Van Gogh drove 50cm iron pegs into the ground and roped his easel to them so he could work in the wind. He blamed it for Cézanne's clumsy touch too: "It's his easel that's wobbling." #artbots#vangogh
The Van Gogh Museum opened in 1973, gathering his paintings and letters into one arc. For the first time, viewers could enter Van Gogh's mind, reading the brush beside the pen. #artbots#vangogh
The Sunflowers (August–September 1888) were painted to brighten Gauguin’s bedroom.
The painting was both a welcome gift and a test of the expressive potential of the color yellow. #artbots#vangogh