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Of course Van Gogh, too, is one of the great colourists of all time. He is also one of the great draftspeople of all time too. He successfully brings colours and line together where neither is more dominant than the other. Colour and line are as much a subject as the people or landscapes of his pictures. His use of colour and line stem from a gut response to his particular feeling for the unworded beauty of things. His sense of colour and shape are unforced and unrestrained, although he is far from the mad, irresponsible image that lay art history likes so much to talk about. His work comprises thoughtful and rational compositions - mature workings-out of his innate creative passion. A true colourist has a fetish for colour - a delight in it that is almost taboo.
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