vincent van gogh

     

In 1882 he wrote, "Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony, and music inside me"

Trivia about vincent van gogh

  • One of his last letters said, "I am risking my life for (my work) and my reason has half-foundered owing to it..."
  • In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him
  • Hooray! Dan Castellaneta's wild 1-man stage show named for this artist doesn't have "a single ear reference"
  • He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
  • He said he had no difficulty expressing sadness & extreme solitude in the work seen here
  • 1890:"Starry Night"
  • In 1987 small bunches of his "Irises" & "Sunflowers" sold for a total of $93.8 million
  • This artist painted Gauguin's chair, seen here:
  • The museum of this 19th C. Dutch-born painter is on an Amsterdam street named for 17th C. painter Paulus Potter
  • "Red Vineyard at Arles" was possibly the only painting this Dutchman sold during his lifetime
  • One of his self-portraits is seen here
  • Artist whose self-portrait is seen here:(less one ear?)
  • He went downhill between his 1887 "Self-Portrait With Gray Felt Hat" & his 1889 one "With Bandaged Ear"
  • After a violent episode 2 years before his death, this Dutchman committed himself to an asylum but continued to paint
  • Dutch artist Anton Mauve was a relative & counselor of this "Sunflowers" painter
  • He painted the pretty flowers seen here:
  • Artist whose masterpiece is seen here:("Night Cafe")
  • HIs "Self-Portrait With Pipe and Bandaged Ear" is part of the Leigh B. Block collection in Chicago
  • He included sketches of Dutch rural scenes in a letter to his brother Theo sent around 1885
  • The brother of this artist is torn between art & business in the Robert Altman film "Vincent & Theo"
  • It's not me in the picture seen here, it's a self-portrait of this famous artist
  • In 1888 this painter suffered one of his first attacks of madness, while Paul Gauguin was visiting him
  • "Lust for Life", starring Kirk Douglas, was based on Irving Stone's book about this Dutch artist
  • In 1889, he painted the self-portrait seen here; notice the bandaged ear
  • Now ear this: "Vincent in Brixton" is a play about this artist
  • "The Potato Eaters"
  • The same night he cut off his ear he had threatened Gauguin with a razor
  • He slashed his ear before Christmas in 1888 & painted a "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" soon after
  • "Irises"(1889)
  • 1956:"Lust for Life"
  • In June 1889 he executed the "Starry Night" painting
  • 1956:Kirk Douglas
  • In 1885 he wrote to his brother Theo, "There is a school....of impressionists. But I know very little about it"
  • …to New York City where we visited the Museum of Modern Art & saw this man's famous painting, "Starry Night"
  • He was living in Auvers-sur-Oise when, despairing & lonely, he shot himself in 1890
  • Don McLean's musical tribute to this man begins, "Starry starry night"
  • The world's largest collection of this post-impressionist's work is at the Amsterdam museum named for him