Van gogh still life with apples. The background includes just about every variety of blue and green on van goghs palette. Find a print of this oil on canvas painting. In a letter to his brother theo vincent explained exactly why he had chosen certain colour contrasts in this still life.
Created in paris in autumn winter 1887 88. Yellow orange red and pink. For example he used red accents in the apples alongside greenish thingsred and green form a pair of what are known as complementary colourspairs like these form the basis of the colour theory of eugene delacroix 1798 1863 an artist van gogh greatly admired.
The artist incessantly portrayed flowers fruits books and other objects. Still life with a decanter and lemons on a plate by vincent van gogh in paris van gogh wrote a lot of still lifes. Still life with apples vincent van gogh.
Oil on canvas 460 x 615 cm. Most still lifes made in the netherlands are dated from 1884 to 1885 when he lived in nuenenhis works were often in somber colors. While in paris van gogh transformed the subjects color and techniques that he used in creating still life paintings.
Located at van gogh museum. Its an explosion of colour. Media in category still life with apples by vincent van gogh the following 7 files are in this category out of 7 total.
Over that he added brushstrokes in contrasting colours. Still life with apples. Still life paintings by vincent van gogh paris is the subject of many drawings sketches and paintings by vincent van gogh in 1886 and 1887 after he moved to montmartre in paris from the netherlands.
Still life paintings by vincent van gogh netherlands is the subject of many drawings sketches and paintings made during vincent van goghs early artistic career.