Van Gogh never ate (yellow) paint, quite the contrary! During his time at the institution in Saint-Rémy, he wrote in a letter to Theo: 'It appears that I pick up filthy things and eat them, although my memories of these bad moments are vague'. read more
During his periodic bouts of madness, Van Gogh would sometimes try to eat his oil paints, which his attendants at the asylum where he was then staying would temporarily have to confiscate. read more
Van Gogh never ate (yellow) paint, quite the contrary! During his time at the institution in Saint-Rémy, he wrote in a letter to Theo: ‘It appears that I pick up filthy things and eat them, although my memories of these bad moments are vague’. read more
Van Gogh had the compulsion to consume paint and turpentine but only with the aim to kill himself. Van Gogh never ate (yellow) paint, quite the contrary! During his time at the institution in Saint-Rémy, he wrote in a letter to Theo: ‘It appears that I pick up filthy things and eat them, although my memories of these bad moments are vague’. read more