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The story
Van Gogh painted his own room in the Yellow House three times and described the intent as "rest" — flat colour, no shadows, everything squared away. The perspective is wrong on purpose.
The colours have shifted since he painted it: the walls were originally violet and faded to the blue everyone knows. Some modern reproductions restore the violet. Those are the interesting ones.
Obvious placement, correct placement. Put it in a bedroom.
What it pairs with
A bedroom, and a frame in the same wood as the bed.
Buying notes
- Matte over glossy, always. Glossy reproductions fight every light source in a real room.
- Go one size larger than feels sensible. Undersized art is the most common mistake there is.
- Hang the centre of the piece at 57 inches from the floor. Non-negotiable.
- A three-inch mat costs about eighteen dollars and does more than a two-hundred-dollar print.
