Posts Tagged: Van Gogh Letters
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Nov 17, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh’s Harvest
This time of year, we celebrate the harvest and reap the benefits of the year’s hard work. Van Gogh frequently wrote about harvest time in his letters, and he often compared the harvest season to his own work and how he would someday get back all that he put into...
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Jul 29, 2011
No CommentsThe Legacy of Van Gogh
Appreciating the gifts that Van Gogh gave the world from his paintings to his letters Van Gogh has inspired countless...
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Apr 28, 2011
No CommentsDr. Gachet
Dr. Paul Gachet was Vincent’s doctor during the last few months of his life. Gachet treated Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise the small town just outside Paris where Van Gogh was living. Working in Paris, Gachet knew many of Van Gogh’s contemporaries including Renoir, Manet, Cezanne and...
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Sep 16, 2010
No CommentsVan Gogh Book – Conversations with Vincent Van Gogh
If you could ask Vincent van Gogh one question, what would it be? Author Simon Parke takes this approach in his recent book Conversations with Vincent Van Gogh as he interviews Van Gogh asking questions about his family, his life and his work. We recently had the pleasure of reading this book as well as...
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Jun 18, 2010
1 CommentVan Gogh Irises
Van Gogh completed Irises in May of 1889 when he was at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. Here he eased back into painting capturing flowers and foliage in the surrounding garden and the star filled nights from his window. In a letter to his brother Theo from May of 1889, Van Gogh wrote: “The idea of...
