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The surprising source of Van Gogh’s vibrant colours: muddy tapestries
Historian of colour Victoria Finlay explains how the practical colour aides developed by the chemist Michel Chevreul for the Gobelin tapestry factory influenced the famously bright hues in Van Gogh’s paintings.
Photo: Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat".
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