I'm not making a point of it, because the painting is one of the ugliest I've done. It's the equivalent, though different, of the potato eaters. I've tried to express the terrible human passions with the red and the green.
— Vincent van Gogh Modern

Post-impressionist painter

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Context

Letter to his brother Theo van Gogh, referring to 'The Night Cafe'

Date / Period

1888

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let676/letter.html

Verification

Unverifiable

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Method

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