Van Gogh loved to paint outside. No matter the weather, he saw beauty in the sky. Vincent endured the heat of a summer day to paint the light, but he also loved a bunch of grey clouds.
Vincent van Gogh, View of Paris, June-July 1886.
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Under Van Gogh's Sky
Vincent didn't mind to use bright colours to portray the skies' 'mood'.
Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with a Reaper, 1889.
Detail of: Vincent van Gogh, Garden of the Asylum, December 1889.
Detail from: Vincent van Gogh, Landscape at Twilight, June 1890.
Vincent van Gogh, Landscape at Twilight, June 1890.
