The Bedroom

The Bedroom by Vincent van Gogh: Perhaps the most famous depiction of a bedroom in Western art history, this vibrant painting documents Vincent van Gogh’s slee…

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Perhaps the most famous depiction of a bedroom in Western art history, this vibrant painting documents Vincent van Gogh’s sleeping quarters in his beloved “Yellow House” in Arles, France. The composition exists in three versions, the first of which Van Gogh conceived in October 1888, a month after he moved into the home. In a letter to his brother Theo, he described having painted “the walls pale lilac, the floor in a broken and faded red, the chairs and the bed chrome yellow, the pillows and the sheet very pale l…