Under the impression of the Impressionists’ work in 1886, Van Gogh worked on paintings, including contrasting bright colors and colors. Written in that summer, still lifes are distinguished by a combination of colors such as orange and blue, purple and yellow, green and red.
This innovative approach allows the artist to prevail over the usual quiet, measured and even in some gray works. It is easy to guess that the author describes the previous creations in a plain and gray manner as unimpressive and gray. It used mainly dark colors, and the picture was perceived as something standard, generally accepted. The use of bright colors and saturated colors allows the artist to fundamentally rethink his work.
Still life with gladiolus is considered by the master as a training and development of his new tactics of creating a masterpiece. In the work, the viewer sees bright red and yellow colors, a rich green and gently blue background with a shade of blueness. Playing colors and bold combinations allow you to achieve the effect of a sunny mood. Moreover, such experiments allow us to see a deep rethinking of Van Gogh’s own creativity. Perhaps the attempt to change the style of early creativity was influenced by the author’s move to Paris, new impressions and hopes.
In the work some influence of creativity of Adolf Monticelli is traced. The artist also used bright translucent colors, which creates some impression of airiness and makes the picture sublime and easy to perceive.
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