The Story of Van Gogh's Yellow Palette: The Chemistry of Colour

The Story of Van Gogh's Yellow Palette: The Chemistry of Colour | National Gallery

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@juliehayne4636 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It would be so interesting to see images of how the sunflower paintings might have looked in his time, before the browning of the paint..

@janepage3608 2 ай бұрын

Yes, wouldn’t it! I was never thrilled by van Gogh’s sunflower paintings (from prints at school) because I thought they looked dull and brown. And just yesterday I watched a programme about them quoting him being excited about the colours. I never heard before that the colours we see now are not the ones van Gogh saw.

@markburns1990 2 ай бұрын

Cool vid. I work as a Security Officer at The Met and I can’t tell you how many visitors come up to me and ask for this painting. It’s beautiful. We have an alternate painting of Van Gogh’s called Sunflower; which is vastly different from the painting shown here - more part of his avant- guard work - it’s interesting, just not as beautiful. 😊

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Our Gallery Assistants also get lots of people asking them where the Sunflowers are! Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

@ivorytowers3211 Ай бұрын

This was a brilliant exposition and analysis of the genius's method and paints. I would be very interested to hear about the development of tube paints, specifically in terms of whether modern paints are any more likely to last without the fading or other deterioration issues that Vincent was aware of and concerned about (as a painter myself). Thank you.

@izikavazo 2 ай бұрын

That would be so exciting to be an artist back when new colors were dropping.

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

100%! Can you imagine!

@andrewbellavie795 2 ай бұрын

As a painter and a chemist this video made my day, thank you for sharing the wonderful history and analysis

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed you enjoyed it so much :) Thanks for watching. More to come in this series.

@awyliu 2 ай бұрын

If only chemistry was so interesting at school!

@jmchau 2 ай бұрын

the pastel purple gloves are lovely with all the yellow.

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for noticing the details!

@gulliblestravels71 2 ай бұрын

Smart👍

@lorettabertoli3736 2 ай бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong, I have read some time ago that your version of the sunflowers is apparently the best preserved , so thank you for taking good care of it ❤️

@elainehenderson842 27 күн бұрын

Fascinating, and great prep for our upcoming visit to the exhibition. Thank you!

@nationalgallery 27 күн бұрын

Enjoy your visit!

@spalmer4609 2 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation, thank you!

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching

@opwave79 2 ай бұрын

It’s wonderful how advancements in tube paints helped usher in the modern art age.

@waltersboxx 2 ай бұрын

Very insightful, love the informative talks from The National Gallery :)

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@asztapaszta9 2 ай бұрын

This was so interesting, thank you for sharing!

@sacredkinetics.lns.8352 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 🌹 🌺

@liusingsong7363 2 ай бұрын

Yes, the Yellow. Van Gogh introduce the yellow into his life and to our world: joy, vitality and power of imagination, as quoted: " Those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that adhorred the fog, that needed the warmth." (Paul Gauguin)

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

So much vitality to his use of colour - absolutely

@stevebarlow3154 2 ай бұрын

I believe Van Gogh wrote that he couldn't afford the best quality yellow paints and had to make do with cheaper versions. Which probably made the problem of his yellows darkening worse.

@TraceyHannecart-bu6zz 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this exceptional art education.❤😊😊😊😊

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

@purkaitsurajit53 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for explaining the color chrome yellow through such an in- depth analysis!! 🙏🙏❤❤ It is indeed a beautiful color shade!!😊😊 However, the longevity issues are indeed a bit worrying !!😮😮

@ruioliveira1832 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting!

@ArtLectures 2 ай бұрын

The past is so interesting

@MichaelHattem 2 ай бұрын

More of this!!!

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

More to come! Subscribe for updates :)

@Bearhawk58 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Keep them coming.

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Really glad you like the series. Have you seen our other latest video on ultramarine? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3bdhp-kh9l3fa8si=zich2lnhChegFfHZ

@Bearhawk58 2 ай бұрын

@@nationalgallery I will look at it now.

@leonorsantos9355 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@WillN2Go1 2 ай бұрын

There are two other variations that should be part of the display of Van Gogh's work. What it looked like before the colors shifted. And if possible, make a version so garish that it would give contemporary viewers the same shock and revulsion people of the 1880s would've had when they first saw Van Gogh's work. Moon and Six Pence by Somerset Maugham is the story of an artist like Gauguin. The narrator describes the sitting room of the long abandoned bourgeois wife. On the wall isa reproduction of a work by Strickland the husband who'd left her to become a painter, and the color of the couch matches the once dissonant colors in the painting. The narrator mentions Strickland's popularity and the widespread appreciation of his paintings, which in his lifetime were considered awful. The doctor who treats Strickland is paid with a small painting of three apples. As he begins to hang it in their dining room his wife demands that he stop, saying the painting is 'obscene.' Moon and Six Pence is from 1919, thirty years after Van Gogh's death; he'd already become 'popular,' his paintings viewed as 'pretty.'

@465maltbie 2 ай бұрын

Great video thank you. Charles

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@sleepychamaeleon 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting talk, thank you.

@Beks-Notes 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed seeing the chemical experiment take place!

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@BenMizzi 2 ай бұрын

The concentration of lead really does help explain why he grew ill. That his art ultimately caused his demise is a powerful and romantic point of reflection.

@alishademmery3581 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful magnificent

@nationalgallery 2 ай бұрын

An amazing use of colour

@og1kanobi40 2 ай бұрын

Thank you fo sharing--- might this technique be used to prove that other works that have been sold for millions at auction houses were fake (or not) Van Gogh's?