De Vlaminck's compositions show familiarity with the Impressionists, several of whom had painted in the same area in the 1870s and 1880s. After visiting a van Gogh exhibit, he declared that he "loved van Gogh that day more than my own father".[8] From 1908 his palette grew more monochromatic, and the predominant influence was that of Cézanne.[6] His later work displayed a dark palette, punctuated by heavy strokes of contrasting white paint.