Van Gogh's Ugliest Masterpiece

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SOURCES

Van Gogh’s Letters — READ THEM ALL!!!!
http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters.html

Charles A. Riley, “Color Codes: Modern Theories of Color in Philosophy, Painting and Architecture”
https://books.google.com/books?id=EBmZrXKmARQC&pg=PA93&dq=van+gogh+colors&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkY6-0N_gAhVL9YMKHakLBoo4ChDoAQgzMAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

Maureen Ryan, “The Role of Van Gogh’s Suggestive Color In His Decoration Canvases For The Yellow House”
(Search for it on Google, it’s a pdf, no link)

Martin Gayford, “The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Provence”
https://books.google.com/books?id=8QVAevUM7oIC&pg=PA19&dq=van+gogh+night+cafe&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5jJfB29_gAhWJxYMKHRCyAgs4HhDoAQhVMAg#v=onepage&q=van%20gogh%20night%20cafe&f=false

Van Gogh paintings in Arles: colours and brushstrokes
https://www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org/en/documentation-2/vincent-van-gogh/les-tableaux-de-van-gogh-a-arles-couleurs-et-coups-de-brosse/

Van Gogh’s Use of Colors
https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/ngol20/2016/07/28/van-goghs-use-of-colors/

Samantha Clark, “Van Gogh’s Use of Colors”
https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/samclark95/portfolio-2/the-wonderful-world-of-color/van-goghs-use-of-color/

Joshua C. Taylor, “Nineteenth-Century Theories of Art”
https://books.google.com/books?id=Xn9XVqnqibcC&pg=PA467&lpg=PA467&dq=charles+blanc+color&source=bl&ots=FA2ek8OcJ8&sig=ACfU3U1k8sRqop6yVWYnFUyQuRCG2ziLIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGuo2djuTgAhVHpIMKHTJODDk4ChDoATAHegQIAhAB#v=onepage&q=charles%20blanc%20color&f=false

Ogden Nicholas Rood, “Modern Chromatics”
https://books.google.com/books/about/Students_Text_book_of_Color.html?id=Z3RBAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false

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