BEDROOM DECORATING IDEAS

In the room of Vincent

"In a word, looking the picture should remain the brain, or rather the imagination."

Vincent van Gogh of the House in Arles, painted in 1889, was intended to be the symbol of peace based. A glance at this table, bursting with energy and filled with sights, gives the viewer just the opposite sensation.

The room, pleasant but rolls with all the movement. Whether consciously or not, van Gogh painted prospects, walls and decorations all atilt, so we have the impression of a ship cabin in a stormy Wednesday. Curiously, the two presidents face to both the bed in solid wood, furniture and doors lilac two blocks. Paintings on the wall jut into the room as if almost ready to fall, and the walls themselves are not square. The beveled ceiling and yellow are two parts whacked off without mercy in the culture of the canvas, and the whole room seems crowded clumsy in an area towards the rear window. Yet somehow, all is a certain fact quite pleasant.

Before leaving Paris in 1888 to live in the south of France in Arles, Vincent has met most of what is now regarded as the famous Impressionist artists of that period. Motion and excited about their work and ideas, he developed the dream of creating a common artists he called "Studio of the South." The now famous Yellow House in Arles became the focal point of his dream. He prepared the yellow house for guests, still life painting and decorating with the intensity reflected in his works.

The artist who became his greatest influence, closest friend and possibly his downfall, Paul Gauguin, was the first and only member of the "Studio of the South." His visit with Van Gogh was fraught with tension and he left after just over two months. The two artists disagreed to the point of violent arguments on almost all subjects, but especially on the painting. During one such argument at the end of the stay of Gauguin, Vincent, mentally unstable epilepsy, heard a voice in his ear, saying: "Kill him." Rather than obey, he cut more than delinquency ear. It was the outcome of an incident that has placed all time in the ranks of major, which have not been able to cope with life, but the world with talented chef-d ' work after masterpiece.

Undoubtedly, the Board of Vincent is not really the way he portrayed it. Yet in a letter to his brother Theo, his description of this image does not intentionally transmit recognition of upheaval. Rather, it is hard to talk about its ambience, a symbol of relaxation and peace. The inescapable conclusion is that he, Vincent, who need peace ... and he who has never found.

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Elizabeth Harding

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