Vincent Van Gogh

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• Review: Sunflowers

  
  Bermudaonion's Weblog — Authority: 426
  Rachel Courteau was a prostitute in Arles, France in the late 19th century and in a chance encounter, she met Vincent van Gogh, thus beginning a two year relationship with him.  Theirs was an odd relationship since she was a prostitute and he was fighting mental illness. Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick is told ...
  5 days ago

• Nothin scarier than a blank canvas

  
  joy magnetism — Authority: 127
  Magnet #622 - Van Gogh quote People think that Mad Men s Don Draper is a creative genius. And, honestly, he probably is, with his incredible knack for being able to create something from nothing, and making clients think its exactly what they asked for. Which is like a metastatement for his sad life, I ...
  6 days ago

• Starry Starry Night

  
  frostier.net — Authority: 121
  Joanna Wang covered this song before in one of her album. I love this song which is very emotionally fitting me. I find comfort in listening to her sweet voice singing this song. Once again I heard another artist singing this song just now as I driving home in LiteFM . Curious about this song, I googled and wiki-ed ...
  1 week ago

• Links

  
  Paperholic — Authority: 133
  We have read this morning ( inter alia , of course): - Human Reproduction: Trend’s Website [big hat tip to Rachel Lehmann-Haupt from doubleX ]. Trend is a free sperm donor from Northern California, donating sperm since 2006 (7 successful pregnancies, including one set of twins). Drop him a mail ( ) if ...
  1 week ago

• Vincent van Gogh on clergy

  
  P e r ? C r u c e m ? a d ? L u c e m — Authority: 586
  Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, Etten, September 1881 A few months ago, I happened across a most enjoyable wee read by Anton Wessels called Kind of Bible: Vincent Van Gogh as Evangelist . It was one of those wonderful finds that are ‘given’ to you when you’re eyes are scanning the library ...
  1 week ago

• Who Really Cut Off Kaiji’s Ear?

  
  NeoShinka — Authority: 128
  Van Gogh Ear Controversy Vincent van Gogh ’s fame may owe as much to a legendary act of self-harm, as it does to his self-portraits. But, 119 years after his death, the tortured post-Impressionist’s bloody ear is at the centre of a new controversy, after two historians suggested that the painter did not hack ...
  1 week ago

• The Letters of Vincent van Gogh: review

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Richard Dorment on the art publishing event of the decade: the marvellous letters of Vincent van Gogh which reveal his creative vitality as well as his loneliness
  1 week ago

• Things I Love Tuesday // 10-04

  
  Living Creatively Ever After — Authority: 127
  source: 1,2“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” -Vincent van GoghIt’s the last days of October, don’t you notice that 2009 flew by so fast? It’s almost a year since I started this series on my blog and I am always thankful for the [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The Nature of Monstrosity: Aoi Bungaku (02: Monster)

  
  We Remember Love — Authority: 502
  Delicious. What a powerful first act that could have easily served as the introductory piece for the show. Aoi Bungaku treated us in the first episode with his ‘departure’ from humanity, and now it leads us to where he departed to: the ‘beingness’ of a monster. Aoi Bungaku is an adaptation of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Five Questions: Andy and Kathy

  
  OPEN SPACE — Authority: 512
  [Five questions to SFMOMA visitors, artists, staff, or guests.]Name/Place of residence/Occupation/Hobby?K: Katherine, Tampa, Florida. I am an elementary school media specialist. Hobby: reading! What a surprise.A: My name is Andy, Tampa Florida is our town. I’m an environmental consultant and my hobby is ...
  2 weeks ago

• The artist Vincent van Gogh speaks

  
  Special News — Authority: 124
   At long last, all 902 correspondences of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are freely accessible.  Editors Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker started this project in 1994 and recently published these precious documents in their only digital form. On the website vangoghletters.org  you can ...
  2 weeks ago

• I was Thinking About Slicing my Ear Off..

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 441
  I was Thinking About Slicing my Ear Off.. I was thinking about slicing my ear off and mailing it to the women who have spurned me, b ut there are so many more of them than I got ears? Really, where else would you find Vincent Van Gogh jokes? SO FAR AWAY- ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vincent Van Gogh – Artist Profile

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 154
  Vincent Van Gogh is the greatest painter of the Post-Impressionism era and one of the most important figures in art history. In the auction business, Vincent Van Gogh is the magical name that has every collector trembling at the knees. Although a prolific artist, Vincent Van Gogh is most often remembered for his ...
  3 weeks ago

• Art classes

  
  ART of Humungous Proportions — Authority: 106
  Art in the Lyceum is underway! Yesterday marked our first class at the Edmonton Lyceum. The class focus was on Vincent Van Gogh and it seemed to be enjoyed by one and all. Although only a couple people who attended admitted that they were artists, the results of everyones work seems to suggest otherwise. Dont you ...
  3 weeks ago

• Letters shed new light on Van Gogh

  
  2012. The big wobble — Authority: 141
  Vincents last troubled painting "Wheat Field with Crows" The artist Vincent van Goghs reputation was one of instability to the point of madness - a tormented genius who cut off his own ear. Now there is a definitive new edition of his letters which may make people reconsider that image. The BBCs Vincent Dowd ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paralyzed

  
  Chromotive — Authority: 106
  "You do not know how paralyzing that staring at a blank canvas is; it says to the painter, You cant do anything." - Vincent Van Gogh, Letter #378 (to his brother Theo), October 1884
  3 weeks ago

• Van Gogh’s letters and Max Havelaar in English

  
  24 oranges — Authority: 497
  English translations of Vincent van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo have been released in a 6 volume boxed set by the Van Gogh Museum in a 15-year-long cooperation with the Huygens Instituut. The original letters in French and Dutch have also been reproduced. The entire set contains all the pictures referenced ...
  3 weeks ago

• Absinthe Soap, Absinthe Floss, Absinthe Toothpicks & More

  
  Absinthe Man — Authority: 106
  Are you getting ready for the holidays yet? :) Click the images to view the items...
  3 weeks ago

• At the Met :: Vincent van Gogh – The Potato Peeler (recto: Self-Potrait with a Straw Hat)

  
  ::the open end:: — Authority: 133
  I saw the peasant’s knife, and then I read the plaque hanging under this oil on canvas: This painting from February/March 1885, with its restricted palette of dark tones, coarse fracture, and blocky drawing, is typical of the works Van Gogh painted in Nuenen the year before he left Holland for France.  His ...
  3 weeks ago

• van Gogh would be proud

  
  mrBadak.com — Authority: 133
  Perfect birthday cake for an art lover or art gallery museum curator. It’s a cake impression of Gogh’s Starry Night. Kudos to the baker for this one.source
  3 weeks ago

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