Archive for May, 2008
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May 23, 2008
5 CommentsOn the Road with Vincent
I recently came across Vincent has Arrived, a website with a series of posts from the art blog Dali House. While Dali House, named for Salvador Dali, and has a wealth of information surrounding the artist, it is also a great reference for information on lots of other artists including Vincent van Gogh. It was...
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May 09, 2008
5 CommentsLa Mousmé, Sitting by Vincent van Gogh
We recently received a request for more information about Van Gogh’s painting La Mousmé, Sitting and the specifically the meaning of La Mousmé in English. According to The National Gallery of Art website, La Mousmé “came from a character in a popular novel set in Japan. ‘A mousmé is a Japanese girl-Provençal in this case-twelve...
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May 02, 2008
15 Comments“Starry, Starry Night”
We have had several inquiries recently about the paintings described in the first stanza of Don McLean’s hit song “Vincent.” The Van Gogh Gallery has a Starry, Starry Night page that breaks down the lyrics and names paintings that are referenced in the song. However, we have not broken down the song line by line and associated...
