gandalf1202: Vincent van Gogh – Seascape near Les…
Vincent van Gogh – Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer [1888] on Flickr.
“The Mediterranean Sea is a mackerel colour: in other words, changeable – you do not always know whether it is green or purple, you do not always know if it is blue, as the next moment the ever-changing sheen has assumed a pink or a grey tint,” Van Gogh wrote from Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. In this fishing village, Vincent painted the effects of light on the sea, with small fishing vessels returning with the catch. The large bright red signature is striking: “because I wanted to have a red note in the green.”
[Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam – Oil on canvas, 51 x 64 cm]
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