1882, Vincent van Gogh, Girl in a wood -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label: Van Gogh is able to buy his own oil paints for the first time thanks to a financial bonus from his brother Theo. He chooses 'a practical palette with healthy colours' that he doesn't have to mix himself. He also purchases a perspective frame that can be set up on uneven ground. Here he uses this to correctly depict the narrowing of the tree trunks towards the background and the distances between them, so that 'air' is introduced into the composition. He uses browns, greens and yellows from his 'practical palette'. It is very likely that he paints it on his knees. This is apparent from the low perspective, but also because pieces of leaves from the forest floor have become lodged in the paint.'
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1882, Vincent van Gogh, Girl in a wood -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label: Van Gogh is able to buy his own oil paints for the first time thanks to a financial bonus from his brother Theo. He chooses 'a practical palette with healthy colours' that he doesn't have to mix himself. He also purchases a perspective frame that can be set up on uneven ground. Here he uses this to correctly depict the narrowing of the tree trunks towards the background and the distances between them, so that 'air' is introduced into the composition. He uses browns, greens and yellows from his 'practical palette'. It is very likely that he paints it on his knees. This is apparent from the low perspective, but also because pieces of leaves from the forest floor have become lodged in the paint.'
Link to other van Gogh paintings