Vincent van Gogh - Vincent's Bedroom in Arles Magnet

Bedroom in Arles (1889) by Vincent van Gogh is a vintage Post Impressionism fine art daily life painting. An interior home scene with a bed, table, chair and paintings hanging on the walls, several architectural elements, typical bedroom furniture. There are three authentic versions described in his letters, easily discernible from one another by the pictures on the wall to the right. This is the first in the series. The painting depicts Van Gogh's bedroom at 2, Place Lamartine in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, known as his Yellow House. The door to the right was opening to the upper floor and the staircase, the door to the left served the guest room he held prepared for Gauguin. The window in the front wall was looking to Place Lamartine and its public gardens. This room was not rectangular, but trapezoid, with an obtuse angle in the left hand corner of the front wall and an acute angle at the right. About the artist: Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Post Impressionist painter whose work was most noteable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour.