Van Gogh in Provence: ‘There was both a growing mastery in his work and a growing deliberation over what went into it’
Cornelia Homburg | Christie’s | 11th September 2024
Yet more van Gogh! London’s National Gallery is marking its 200th birthday with a show of 61 works, covering the artist’s two years in the south of France. Wanting to create “the art of the future”, he decided that colour would be his hallmark. Sadly, pigment deterioration now dulls many of his choices. Still, what remains is a “comet trail of splendour”. Says one writer, “How much light can you pack into a painting? How much love, despair, hope, anxiety? In the case of Vincent Van Gogh, the answer is: infinite.”
