Description
February 1888. Vincent Van Gogh stepped off the train in Arles leaving the distractions of Paris for a quieter life in southern France. At thirty-four, he had lived in over thirty places in twenty-one cities and four countries—none that he could call his own. He would find ‘home’ in The Yellow House, shared for a brief time with Paul Gauguin. On the eve of Gauguin’s arrival in October, Van Gogh painted his empty bedroom, a symbol of hope and stability that the newly optimistic artist was finally achieving. A year later, Van Gogh had painted two copies of The Bedroom. He was in an asylum for the insane in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence; his life, and the meaning of that empty room, had changed dramatically.
This is the story of the most famous bedroom in the history of art
About the authors
Jeff Koehler writes about food and culture from Barcelona and Menorca. He is the author of ten books, including Matisse in Morocco, The North African Cookbook, Darjeeling: A History of the World’s Greatest Tea and Where the Wild Coffee Grows. His books have won a James Beard Award, been Editors’ Choice for the New York Times, paperback of the week in the Guardian and the Book Club selection for The Art Newspaper. Koehler’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, NPR, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Times Literary Supplement, South China Morning Post, Vogue Arabia, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Bloomberg Pursuits and many other publications.
Instagram @jeff_koehler
About MINĪ
MINĪ – Stories of Art, Architecture & Style
MINĪ is a new collection of small, finely crafted books exploring the larger world or art, architecture and design. Each volume is a standalone extended essay that offers a fresh way of seeing and imagining our larger world.
Born in Barcelona and rooted in Chandigarh, India, Altrim celebrates this cultural exchange through MINĪ, original essays from voices across the globe.
Elegant, distinctive, and evocative, MINĪ offers a literary journey where imagination and design meet on every page.
