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Gone but not forgotten
So many conversations at the design counter begin with "I just want a simple black frame." I now know who to blame! And it was a surprise!
While reading the Guggenheim website on the subject of reuniting paintings with their original frame, I found this:
"Van Gogh frequently wrote about the importance of framing, and gave clear voice to his ideas on the subject in at least twenty-five letters to his brother Theo. . .
. . . In a letter from 1884, the artist noted, '. . . I prefer to see my work in a dark black frame.' He asserted that black would make “many blacks [look] grey, whereas they would show up too black” if presented within a lighter frame. Van Gogh also discovered that gold could heighten the effect of the blue shadows in his painting."
This is an interesting look at some of the early theories of framing as well as the story of uniting a Van Gogh painting with a period-appropriate frame. It is in a blog post from 2016:
While reading the Guggenheim website on the subject of reuniting paintings with their original frame, I found this:
"Van Gogh frequently wrote about the importance of framing, and gave clear voice to his ideas on the subject in at least twenty-five letters to his brother Theo. . .
. . . In a letter from 1884, the artist noted, '. . . I prefer to see my work in a dark black frame.' He asserted that black would make “many blacks [look] grey, whereas they would show up too black” if presented within a lighter frame. Van Gogh also discovered that gold could heighten the effect of the blue shadows in his painting."
This is an interesting look at some of the early theories of framing as well as the story of uniting a Van Gogh painting with a period-appropriate frame. It is in a blog post from 2016:
The Right Frame for Van Gogh | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation
The frame that now houses a Van Gogh painting in the Guggenheim collection has its own fascinating story.
www.guggenheim.org