When the red drops out of the mix

Sources

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Research results REVIGO: paintings
Faded red lakes, shifted mixed colours in the French work
REVIGO report on the paintings – Van Gogh Museum
Red disappears from the mix, blue/white dominates, reconstruction of The Bedroom
REVIGO project page
Aim and completion of the discolouration research

Images and captions

**Vincent van Gogh, The Bedroom, first version, 1888. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Stichting).**
Vincent van Gogh · Public domain. Google Arts & Culture — KwF-AdF1REQl6w
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**Van Gogh’s sketch of his bedroom in a letter, October 1888.**
Vincent van Gogh · public domain. Collection: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation). Image source: Wikimedia Commons; photographer unknown.
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Current situation

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