Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

ID: #7939 | TOP 20 | Postimpressionism | Sea and ships

Date: 1888
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Van Gogh Museum
Dimensions: 64.3 x 50.5

Van Gogh painted this vibrant seaside landscape with quick, loose brushstrokes. He tried to capture the color of the sea , which he described in his letter to Theo van Gogh in 1888. "A color like a mackerel, in other words, changing - you never know if it's green or purple - you don't always know if it's blue - because a second later her changing reflection took on a pink or gray hue.'

In the paint layer of this work there are grains of sand that got there during the painting in the open air.

Gogh painted picture Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in 1888. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. Original size is 64.3 x 50.5. This art piece is located in Van Gogh Museum. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch painter belonging to Post-Impressionism. His paintings (some 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches) are among the most famous in the world and are sold for exorbitant sums (except for those in our shop). Parisian Impressionists He lived in Paris from 1886 and was influenced by the use of bright colours - most of his works were painted during this period. In his paintings, Gogh uses contrasting colours (often blue and orange - he said that I want to use colours other contrasts to each of them shone even more to contrast a man and a woman). He was known for his excesses and amputated an ear after the break-up of his friendship with Gauguin. There is a lot of speculation about this incident (he possibly suffered from heavy metal poisoning from paint that had caused mental problems). In 1890, unfortunately he committed suicide.