The suicide of Vincent van Gogh – 29 July 1890
This post also appears on Dorian Cope’s blog On This Deity. On 27 July 1890, Vincent van Gogh, an unkempt, unknown 37-year-old Dutchman, walked out of his lodgings in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, where he had been living and working since May. That day instead of his usual easel and paints, [...]
Vincent van Gogh mutilates his ear
This item also appears on Dorian Cope’s wonderful blog On This Deity. On this day in 1888 in Arles in southern France, Vincent van Gogh performed the most infamous act of self-mutilation in art history. He cut off part of his left ear lobe. From that point on, the world pointed, laughed and called him [...]
Doctor Who and Vincent van Gogh
I just don’t get Doctor Who, the much-loved BBC TV series. However, I was curious about this weekend’s episode because it featured as its central character Vincent van Gogh, who regular readers will know is a particular favourite of mine. So I watched it. I suspected that actor Tony Curran would make a rather good [...]
Vincent’s DNA exposed in a letter
Note: The F and JH numbers in this blog are standard references used by van Gogh scholars to refer to specific works, rather like scientists use Latin names to refer to species. Today I went to see The Real Van Gogh: the Artist and his Letters exhibition at the Royal Academy in London and OH [...]
Van Gogh’s Letters: the books
After 15 years of work, the Van Gogh Museum has published an astonishing six volume set of the complete letters of Vincent van Gogh. Building on the groundbreaking work done by the late Jan Hulsker, the authors have set a standard in art publishing that it’s hard to see will be bettered. A more thorough [...]
Vincent’s harvest landscape
I’ve been working on this painting Vincent’s harvest landscape since October and I’ve finally completed it: It’s based on Vincent’s own painting Harvest landscape which he painted in July 1888: His painting is such a joyous celebration of the landscape to the east of Arles and I find it deeply moving. I could dissect it [...]
Starry night over the Rhone revisited
Last month, as you know, Moth and I went to Arles in southern France for a van Gogh hunting trip. One of the great thrills for me was to find that the night time view of the Rhone that Vincent painted
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Another postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise
I’ve been to Auvers-sur-Oise a number of times before …
Postcard from Dr Gachet’s house
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Vincent’s cafe terrace and now mine
I’ve already shown you this superb painting of Vincent van Gogh’s cafe terrace at night and what it looks like today: It was high on my list of places to go when we were in Arles last month: On our last day in Arles we returned there again as I wanted to make a sketch: [...]
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