Apr 13, 2017
Various articles delve into whether van Gogh’s later works including so much yellow color was due to side effects of digoxin. Here’s one article by Anna Gruener.
Art and sight are closely intertwined. Painting is a visual medium that requires both the artist and the observer to use their visual sense to fully appreciate the execution and development of a composition.
Various theoretical arguments have been advanced, attesting to the extent that visual problems allegedly have influenced a particular artist’s work product.
In this first instalment of a mini-series looking into the subject of ‘Vision and Art’ I would like to talk about the ‘yellow vision’ of Vincent van Gogh.
