1888, Vincent van Gogh, View of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label:
In late May 1888, during his stay in Arles, Vincent van Gogh visits the fishing village Saintes-Maries-de-la- Mer on the Mediterranean. He wants to see the sea again and paint seascapes. There he stays for a few days and in that short period makes nine drawings and a painting of the village itself.
The painting is bathed in the radiant Mediterranean light. Van Gogh paints the sides of the houses facing the sun in warm and light tints, and the shadow sides in blue. A striking feature of the painting is the 'azure green of the white glowing sky', as Van Gogh calls it. He writes: '[...] the Mediterranean has a colour like mackerel, in other words, changing - you don't always know if it's green or purple, you don't always know if it's blue, because a second later, its changing reflection has taken on a pink or grey hue'.
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1888, Vincent van Gogh, View of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer -- Kroller-Muller Museum (Otterlo)
From the museum label:
In late May 1888, during his stay in Arles, Vincent van Gogh visits the fishing village Saintes-Maries-de-la- Mer on the Mediterranean. He wants to see the sea again and paint seascapes. There he stays for a few days and in that short period makes nine drawings and a painting of the village itself.
The painting is bathed in the radiant Mediterranean light. Van Gogh paints the sides of the houses facing the sun in warm and light tints, and the shadow sides in blue. A striking feature of the painting is the 'azure green of the white glowing sky', as Van Gogh calls it. He writes: '[...] the Mediterranean has a colour like mackerel, in other words, changing - you don't always know if it's green or purple, you don't always know if it's blue, because a second later, its changing reflection has taken on a pink or grey hue'.
Link to a high-resolution close-up photo of details from this painting.
Link to other van Gogh paintings