\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting was not actually painted in Arles, but during the period the artist spent as an inmate of the asylum at Saint-
RΘmy.\par
The painter takes us straight into his room in Arles, showing us a setting of great simplicity but one whose details have remained firmly fixed in his mind.\par
We see the wooden floor, worn and peeling off in places.\par
Dishes and bath ite
ms are neatly arranged on the little table, presenting us with an unusual still life.\par
Various pictures hang on the walls, along with a large towel and a mirror that glints in the light but does not reflect any part of the room.\par
Van GoghÆs blue
jackets and a straw hat hang from the clothes pegs behind the wooden bed.\par
The space of the composition is subordinate to the expressive power of the color in an unbound undulating perspective.\par
The objects appear to float in the air without touc
