The beginnings of both Expressionism and Fauvism can be seen here in this painting of his own room in ‘the yellow house’. This is what lies behind the green shutters of the upper floor in the Yellow House.
He was directly influenced by Japanese prints in this composition and the perspective is skewed and forced. The colour and prominence of each object reflects not only how the room looked, but also an emotional relationship with each thing and its surroundings. In this work, we can also appreciate the simplicity of his life and although he is not figuratively represented, this is also very much a self portrait.
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