Van Gogh's ~ 'Bedroom in Arles' ~ 1888

What a cool room, eh?! This is actually Van Gogh's room from his Yellow House, what he called his own home.

The kids and I immediately noticed the strange view. The room is not a rectangular shape, but more a trapezoid. The kids pointed out the frames, how they are slanted.

The bright and bold colors, we all commented on those. Again, using his signature yellow color.

Seems like a joyous person would have painted this -- all the colors and fun, quirkiness of it, but we know that is not the case.

He actually wrote many letters to his family about this particular painting, you can read one of them to his brother here.  This was one of Van Gogh's favorites.

A couple recreations....