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The Potato Eaters
1885
Rough hands reach toward a shared meal. Before the blazing colour, Van Gogh wanted painting to give labour and poverty dignity.
Artist field note
Colour becomes emotion.
04 / 05
1885
Rough hands reach toward a shared meal. Before the blazing colour, Van Gogh wanted painting to give labour and poverty dignity.
The five in one idea
Van Gogh made the outside world behave like an inside feeling.