Vincent in Paris
(Spring 1887)
Last year I painted almost nothing but flowers to accustom myself to a colour other than grey, that’s to say pink, soft or bright green, light blue, violet, yellow, orange, fine red. And when I painted landscape in Asnières this summer I saw more colour in it than before. I’m studying this now in portraits.
From a letter to his sister, Willemien van Gogh, Paris, late October 1887
Garden in Montmarte with lovers
1887
Oil on canvas
75 x 112,5 cm
Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/s0019v1962
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