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Trace the floorboards toward the back wall, then compare their angles with the bed, chairs, and tilted pictures.
This is the second of three versions, painted in September 1889 while Van Gogh was in Saint-Rémy, recalling his room in Arles. He wanted the scene to convey rest, even though its sharply receding lines can make the space feel unsettled.
Oil on canvas · 73.6 × 92.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism
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Details and source
- Museum title
- The Bedroom
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 73.6 × 92.3 cm (29 × 36 5/8 in.); Framed: 88.9 × 108 × 8.9 cm (35 × 42 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.