Van Gogh, Irises: the search for violet

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@LouisHansell 3 ай бұрын

Could you mount beside this work an electronic screen (including having a frame) that showed this piece with the original colors? Perhaps it could even slowly change from the original colors to the colors as we see them today. This would give the museum patrons an idea about how paintings age and have their own life. That would be an experience you couldn't have anywhere else.

@juliehayne4636 3 ай бұрын

How pleasant l to wake up to an old friend! I have spent many, many hours at the Getty Museum, and many of those standing in front of that painting, during 15 years that I lived in Los Angeles . Wonderful to to hear about the trip the team took to the Saint-Paul asylum. The plant matter inclusion in the painting is reminiscent of the blown sand that has been found in one of Van Gogh's seascapes at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

@bev9708 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely FASCINATING!!!! Thank you so much for continuing to enlighten and marvel us after so many wonderful years of pleasure following your outstanding videos!!!

@smarthistory-art-history 3 ай бұрын

What a kind and generous comment, thank you.

@SherryHill-k5y 2 ай бұрын

@@smarthistory-art-history I forgot to add that I'm an artist but not in the same category as VanGogh ever. I copied his "Starry Night," and in all honesty, it was extremely hard to paint.. I love his artworks-- they all intrigue me as does he. He was a genius and a master of his trade. Thank you for your post.

@christianfrommuslim 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing to our awareness the issue of paint stability. We are all aware that color photographs fade, increasing the bluish look. Many of us know that watercolors fade. However, we tend to think that oil paints endure for millennia. Through this and other art videos we learn that is not the case.

@priscilla9995 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating! Excited to see the color reconstruction version.

@collegeri 3 ай бұрын

Wow..award worthy. I’m so sorry more people aren’t aware of this great video.

@astridmulkens6635 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video ❤ I LOVE Van Gogh ❤❤❤❤

@Sasha0927 3 ай бұрын

This was inspiring. 🥰 Good for van Gogh taking the initiative to care for his mental health and well-being while preserving his sense of self / passion for art. I have little doubt he knew exactly what color(s) he was talking about, though I do wonder if he anticipated this aging effect on his piece... It is really poignant to think about how the colors have changed over time (as I'm sure he did over time). I don't often think of how meticulous artists are when choosing their pigments, brushes, locations to paint at, etc, so this was a healthy reminder of just how much thought goes into creating something beautiful - including this video. ❤

@smarthistory-art-history 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind end note.

@Sasha0927 3 ай бұрын

@@smarthistory-art-history It's always deserved - you guys are great. ❤️❤️

@Gratia-A 3 ай бұрын

Phenomenal video bravo smart history 👏👏👏

@boardcertifiable 3 ай бұрын

Saw this in person. It was lovely. ❤

@mizofan 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are excellent, thank you.

@beejls 3 ай бұрын

Great video, interesting information. I can’t wait to see the reconstruction.

@darkoaleksovskiiii 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely wonderful - both the analysis, and the painting!

@faith7013 3 ай бұрын

I love the Getty and I love these videos!

@SherryHill-k5y 2 ай бұрын

I love this artwork with the colors ( sorry the purple irises faded,) and how he curved the leaves to the roots.❤

@BorselinoThadchack 3 ай бұрын

so love your videos!!!!!!

@sandymandy8599 3 ай бұрын

So beautiful 🥰

@kerryrwalton7791 3 ай бұрын

Thank you once again for this insightful video! I loved and miss this painting when it was at The Met for so many years courtesy of Joan Payson who owned the NY Mets. I was heartbroken when it left for California because was only a loan after she died. But it is surely in great hands. I hope to see it again one day. I look forward to the publication of your research.

@smarthistory-art-history 2 ай бұрын

Speaking of the Mets, that Van Gogh wasn't the only thing to travel to LA, my father never forgave the Dodgers.

@kerryrwalton7791 2 ай бұрын

@@smarthistory-art-history My Dad felt the same way! The Mets came about as a result of the Worlds Fair and the team adopted the Orange and Blue of the Fair's and NYC colors. I have a souvenir key chain with those colors and the Unisphere on it and when you move it flashes the Fair's motto I wish was still remembered: "Peace Through Understanding."

@puttentanesame6687 3 ай бұрын

Just like old faded color family photos...still wonderful.

@martijnkeisers5900 3 ай бұрын

Are you going to Amsterdam again to visit the Van Gogh Museum?

@smarthistory-art-history 3 ай бұрын

We love the Van Gogh Museum and hope to visit again before too long.

@fsll1575 3 ай бұрын

I had a discussion once about painting restoration where we debated if conservationists should restore the original colour or not. I’m definitely not in favour of heavy works that repaints over the original. So many masterpieces were done fugitive pigments. It would be nice idea of having side by side a reproduction with the colours as they were originally. Allowing to see them as the artist did all those years ago.