Vincent van Gogh’s yellow bedroom

Vincent van Gogh, ’Bedroom in Arles’, 1888 — 1889

In 1888, van Gogh purchased a small studio in Arles, the South of France, where he was hiding from Parisian artists and critics. That October, he began to paint his ’’Bedroom in Arles.’’ The colour palette and overall cosiness were important aspects of the painting; his room was meant to symbolise comfort and security.
Van Gogh’s specialists have a different explanation for such an unusual colour scheme. While painting this piece, he was taking digitalis that helped him fight his epilepsy. This drug makes it very difficult to perceive colour. That’s why the surroundings appear to be yellow and green.