About The Bedroom
Vincent van Gogh painted his bedroom in the Yellow House in Arles, in the south of France, where he lived in 1888 and 1889. He wanted the picture to express rest and sleep, and he described its colors in a letter to his brother Theo: pale violet walls, a floor of red tiles, a bed and chairs the yellow of fresh butter, a scarlet blanket, a green window. Over time the violet has faded to blue.
He painted the room three times. The first version, of 1888, was damaged when the house was flooded while he was in hospital. In 1889, at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, he painted this second, full-size version, and later a smaller third one for his mother and sister. This one belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago.
The room looks tilted and the perspective is deliberately simple, with flat areas of color outlined in dark lines, a style influenced by Japanese prints. On the walls hang pictures he had painted, including portraits.
Tips for this puzzle
This is one of the friendlier paintings to piece together: the furniture has strong outlines and the colors are flat. Do the bed and the chairs first, then the pictures on the wall, and leave the blue walls and the floor for last.
Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom, 1889. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0); image: www.artic.edu. Image source. All image credits
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