"Instead of trying to exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully." Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh's bold, new way of painting changed the course of art history, as he set about using colours to capture mood and emotion, rather than using them realistically. Van Gogh painted very rapidly, with a sense of urgency, using the paint straight from the tube in impasto brushstrokes. In his last 70 days, he averaged one painting a day.
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