Where can I see The Yellow House?

It's at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Van Gogh painted it in September 1888. It depicts the right wing of 2, Place Lamartine in Arles, where he rented rooms.

Why was the Yellow House important to Van Gogh?

He envisioned it as a 'Studio of the South' where artists would live and work together. He decorated it with paintings (including his Sunflowers series) specifically to welcome Paul Gauguin, who arrived in October 1888. The dream collapsed after their famous confrontation in December.

What happened to the actual building?

The Yellow House was destroyed by Allied bombing on June 25, 1944, during World War II. The site is now a different building. Van Gogh's painting is the primary record of how the house looked. The yellow facade was distinctive against the blue sky.

How big is the painting?

It measures 72 cm × 91.5 cm (28.3 × 36 inches). Van Gogh used bold, saturated yellows and blues in complementary contrast. He wrote to Theo about the house glowing in the Provençal sunshine. The painting captures his optimism before things fell apart.

It's Post-Impressionist. The simplified forms, bold outlines, and intense color are characteristic of Van Gogh's Arles period, his most productive phase. The flat, poster-like quality shows the continued influence of Japanese prints on his work.

Where to See The Yellow House: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The Yellow House

by Vincent van Gogh, 1888

StylePost-Impressionism

MediumOil Canvas

Year: 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 72 cm × 91.5 cm

Where to See It

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Permanently housed

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The Artist

Vincent van Gogh

1853–1890

Dutch

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Vincent van Gogh created this oil on canvas work in 1888, during the height of the Post-Impressionism movement. The composition reveals Vincent van Gogh's command of visual elements. Color, form, and spatial arrangement work together to create a unified whole. Technical skill serves expressive purpose, rewarding both immediate impression and sustained looking. The painting now resides at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where visitors experience it firsthand. Seeing the original reveals qualities of brushwork, scale, and color that reproductions cannot fully convey. The museum's collection provides context alongside other significant works from this period. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch artist associated with Post-Impressionism.

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