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Van Gogh also admitted, in a letter to his brother Theo, to using deliberately exaggerated colors because he suspected the pigments he used were of such poor qu
by mtts 15y ago
Van Gogh also admitted, in a letter to his brother Theo, to using deliberately exaggerated colors because he suspected the pigments he used were of such poor quality that they'd quickly fade to something more sensible.
Which turned out to not always be the case.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago"Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully." (Letter to Theo van Gogh, 11 August 1888), see http://painting.about.com/od/artandartistquotes/a/Quotes_Van_Gogh.htm http://painting.about.com/od/artandartistquotes/a/Quotes_Van... That link has several quotes on use of colour. Van Gogh is notable in his symbolic use of colour.