Décoration for the Yellow House

''Décoration for the Yellow House'' was the main project Vincent van Gogh focused on in Arles, from August 1888 until his breakdown the day before Christmas. This ''Décoration'' had no pre-defined form or size; the central ''idea of the Décoration'' grew step by step, with the progress of his work. Starting with the ''Sunflowers'', portraits were included in the next step. Finally, mid-September 1888, the ''idea'' took shape: from this time on he concentrated on size 30 canvases (''Toiles de 30''), which were all meant to form part of this ''Décoration''.

First idea: The ''Sunflowers'', August 1888

Image:Van Gogh Vase with Three Sunflowers.jpg, ''Vase with Three Sunflowers''
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection
Image:Van Gogh Vase with Six Sunflowers.jpg, ''Vase with Six Sunflowers''
(Arles, August 1888)
Private collection, Japan, destroyed by fire in World War II on 6 August 194

Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 128.jpg, ''Vase with Twelve Sunflowers''
(Arles, August 1888)
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 127.jpg, ''Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers''
(Arles, August 1888)
National Gallery, London

Second step: The Portraits, September - October 1888

Image:Vincent van Gogh - Portret van de postbode Joseph Roulin.jpg, ''Joseph Roulin''
(The Postmaster)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 086.jpg, ''Patience Escalier''
(The Old Peasant)
Private collection
File:Van Gogh Portrait Eugene Boch.jpg, ''Eugène Boch''
(The Poet)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 094.jpg, ''Paul-Eugène Milliet''
(The Lover)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Third step and definite solution: The ''Toiles de 30-Décoration'', October - December 1888

Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 076.jpg, '' The Night Café''
(September 1888)
Yale University Art Gallery
Image:WLANL_-_Pachango_-_Het_gele_huis_('De_straat'),_Vincent_van_Gogh_(1888).jpg, ''The Yellow House''
(September 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Image:Starry Night Over the Rhone.jpg, ''Starry Night Over the Rhone''
(September 1888)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 001.jpg, ''Public Garden''
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Image:Van Gogh Entrance to the Public Park in Arles.jpg, ''Public garden''
Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 081.jpg, ''Garden of the Poet III''
(October 1888)
Private collection
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 039.jpg, ''Railway Bridge''
(October 1888)
Private collection
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 030.jpg, '' Trinquetaille Bridge''
(October 1888)
Private collection
Image:VanGogh Bedroom Arles1.jpg, ''Bedroom in Arles''
(October 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Image:Van Gogh - Les Alyscamps, Allee in Arles1.jpeg, ''Les Alyscamps''
(October 1888)
Private collection
Image:Red vineyards.jpg, ''The Red Vineyard''
(November 1888) sold to Anna Boch''The Red Vineyard'', the only painting van Gogh sold during his lifetime
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Moscow
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 138.jpg, ''Van Gogh's Chair''
(November 1888)
National Gallery, London
File:Vincent van Gogh - De stoel van Gauguin - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Gauguin's Armchair''
(November 1888)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 035.jpg, ''In the Library''
(November 1888)
Private collection
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 098.jpg, ''Souvenir du jardin''
(November 1888)
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 028.jpg, ''Les Arènes''
(December 1888)
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Image:LArlesienneWithGlovesAndUmbrella.jpg, '' L'Arlésienne''
(November 1888)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Image:La Berceuse Augustine Roulin Otterlo.jpg, ''La Berceuse''
(December 1888)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

* For a related project by Van Gogh executed at the same time, in November/December 1888, see ''The Roulin Family'' series

Epilogue: The ''Toiles de 30'', January - April 1889

Repetitions

Image:Van Gogh Twelve Sunflowers.jpg, ''Vase with Twelve Flowers''
(Arles, January 1889)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Image:Van Gogh Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers Amsterdam.jpg, ''Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers''
(Arles, January, 1889)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Image:Van Gogh Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.jpg, ''Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers''
(Arles, January 1889)
Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 084.jpg, ''La Berceuse''
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Image:LArlesienneWithBooks.jpg, ''L'Arlésienne''
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Spring Subjects

Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 008.jpg, ''View of Arles, Flowering Orchards'', spring 1889
Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Continuation

Later, in Saint-Rémy as well as in Auvers, size 30 canvases form the body of Van Gogh's work, and he continued conceiving series and groups of work based on this size. See '' The Wheat Field'', the Copies by Vincent van Gogh and the Display at Les XX 1890, all from Saint-Rèmy, and the Auvers size 30 canvases.

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