„My dear Theo, Thank you very much for your letter and the 50-franc note it contained. It’s not in black that I see the future, but I see it bristling with many difficulties, and at times I wonder if these won’t be stronger than I am.“
From Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles from 20 February 1888 to 8 May 1889.
During his stay, he produced some over 200 paintings, made over 100 drawings and watercolours, and wrote some 200 letters.
The vast majority survived—a prodigal and quite astonishing outpouring, sustaining a pace that no other artist of the nineteenth century could match.
This period in Arles is frequently called the zenith, the climax, the greatest flowering of van Gogh’s decade of artistic activity. (Pickvance, Ronald, Van Gogh in Arles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1984“
„Vincent van Gogh, in full Vincent Willem van Gogh, (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands—died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France), Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists.
The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art.
Van Gogh’s art became astoundingly popular after his death, especially in the late 20th century, when his work sold for record-breaking sums at auctions around the world and was featured in blockbuster touring exhibitions.
In part because of his extensive published letters, van Gogh has also been mythologized in the popular imagination as the quintessential tortured artist.“ Encyclopaedia Britannica
Loving Vincent is a 2017 experimental animated biographical drama film about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh, and, in particular, about the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film.
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