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Fall of Leaves (original French title: Chûte de feuilles), or Falling Autumn Leaves is a pair of paintings (in French pendants, i. e. counterparts) by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. They were executed during the two months at the end of 1888 that his artist friend Paul Gauguin spent with him at The Yellow House in Arles , France.
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Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. It was described by the critic John Ruskin as "the first instance of a perfectly painted twilight." [ 1 ] Millais's wife Effie wrote that he had intended to create a picture that was "full of beauty and without a subject".
The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours [2] or autumn foliage [3] in British English and fall colors, [4] fall foliage, or simply foliage [5] in American English. In some areas of Canada and the United States , " leaf peeping " tourism is a major contribution to economic activity.
Wallpaper was often made in elaborate floral patterns with primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) in the backgrounds and overprinted with colours of cream and tan. This was followed by Gothic art inspired papers in earth tones with stylized leaf and floral patterns.
Kurt Schwitters, Das Undbild, 1919, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Collage (/ k ə ˈ l ɑː ʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
Falling Leaves (radar network), an warning system of the United States Air Force "Falling Leaves", a song composed by Frankie Carle "The falling leaves drift by the window", opening line of the 1945 song " Autumn Leaves "
Autumn Leaves may refer to: Autumn leaf color, a phenomenon affecting deciduous plants by autumn; Autumn Leaves, a 1956 film directed by Robert Aldrich;