The aim of this show is to show the links between Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh and to
analyse their very different ways of using colour. While Gauguin uses well defined areas of flat
colour, Van Gogh prefers vibrant layers of paint which bring a relief effect to his paintings.
The show touches on their two careers, which had a number of similarities: both started out
painting landscapes in northern Europe (Brittany for Gauguin and the Netherlands for Van Gogh)
before returning to the South of France, later reaching an explosion of colour inspired by the Pacific
islands for Gauguin and northern France for Van Gogh.
The seven sequences of this show transport visitors in music to the colourful world of these two
painters and submerge them in a world of images, where paintings come to life before their very
eyes. |
