In the last three years of his life, Vincent van Gogh created some of the most distinctive paintings in the European canon, dominated by swirling strokes of vivid colour. This article looks at how they evolved, and how their paint layers are formed. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Blossoming Chestnut Tree (1887), oil on canvas, 56 x 46.5 cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Wikimedia Commons. Prior to 1887, van Gogh had shown few signs of this marked c…
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