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Original - Bedroom in Arles was painted by Vincent van Gogh in summer 1889 while he was living in the Yellow House in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. This the the third version of this subject that van Gogh made a smaller version of. Van Gogh deceided to redue some of his best paintings in a reduces size to send to his mother and sister. The painting is on permanent display in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Reason
Great painting that we all know and love. Nice size, quality reproduction. Lots of color and easy to look at.
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Bedroom in Arles
Creator
Blankfaze
For starters, this page has a larger version. SpencerT♦C 00:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I added a wikilink for "Articles" and fixed the red wikilink in the caption. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 21:22, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional oppose I would love to support this one, but 225k is just too low resolution to do it. Please upload a better version so I can change to support. DurovaCharge! 06:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Too small. Clegs (talk) 19:42, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose A rather un-remarkable scan of a painting of a bedroom. As I do not know or love this painting, perhaps the nom could explain what is so exceptional about this that it warrants featuring. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 21:01, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Van Gogh is a first-rate artist and this is one of his better known works. Certainly worth featuring IMO if we get a good enough reproduction. DurovaCharge! 22:36, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yeah, this painting is definitely known in its own right, so whether or not it's exceptional to you doesn't really affect its encyclopedic status. Thegreenj 00:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • The fact that it appears only in the rather thin article about itself does, however affect its encyclopedic value. This is such a well known work, that it warrants only a passing mention in van Goghs rather lengthy article. It certainly does not accurately represent a bedroom. Yeah, I'm not convinced this is anything more than another crazy painting by a crazy dutch painter. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 21:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Hmmm... If you google "Bedroom in Arles", the two out of the top three non-Wikipedia hits mention that it's one of his best know. This (along with Starry Night) is the first picture that I think of when I think of van Gogh, but I suppose that's just as irrelevant as your belief that this is a "crazy painting by a crazy artist." FWIW, this is not one of my most-liked van Gogh's; I'm partial to Wheat Field with Crows, though that one is not particularly famous in its own right, save the mistaken belief that it were his last. Just trying to make a distinction between what you find interesting and what is encyclopedic. Thegreenj 22:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • Truly shocking... Still, the top three non-wikipedia results for Vincent Van Gogh fail to mention the painting anywhere outside a detailed listing of his works. VanGoghMuseum.nl gives it only brief mention it in their biography section for the period of his life in Arles [1]. The nom, the article and preferably both are going to have to demonstrate the notoriety of this work. I'm just trying make the distinction between encyclopedic value and a fondness for an absurd painting. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 02:02, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Low resolution, but there's no incredible EV to back it up. —Sunday | Speak 22:01, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 10:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]