“Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of the walls and greenery, the ultramarine and cobalt of the sky achieved an extreme harmony that was sensually and musically ordered.” SkyColorWallRedOppositesHarmonyExtremesBrilliantSoilHarshOrangeCrudeSlopesTilesGreeneryCobalt Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other, render the chromatic feeling of that landscape.” FeelingsColorSeriesLandscapeCombinationCanvasVibrancy Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold I tried to achieve in painting by using color of maximum purity. In this way I satisfied my urge to destroy old conventions, to disobey in order to re-create a tangible, living, and liberated world.” WorldWayRealDoneOrderAchieveColorPaintingReal LifeSatisfiedPurityBombsUrgesThrowingConventionsMaximumRenewalTangibleLiberated Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
