Exhibition Van Gogh - Monticelli in Marseille

We know today that Monticelli's painting was one of the first artistic discoveries of Vincent arriving in Paris and that this will be a fundamental element of his decision to come and stay in Provence looking for the light lunch that Marseille painter painted. For Van Gogh it was "a full yellow-orange in the middle of sulphur".

The exhibition proposes to show side by side subjects treated by both artists in order to highlight their vision of painting, their shared taste for texture and the primacy of feelings and emotion over design.
The reasons for confronting the works of two artists whose place in history is so different can be found at the heart of Van Gogh’s most intimate legacy: his letters. These reveal his keen interest, which quickly grew into admiration, for this master of the Provencal school.

Vincent identified with the legend that rapidly grew around Monticelli after his death as a misunderstood artist.