Here is Vincent. Master Painter. Human.
Here is Vincent. All ears.
Vincent is world famous. This is primarily because of his masterful work and how it "speaks" to the viewer. It is also because Vincent was eager to share his work with the widest possible audience - and his descendants made deliberate efforts to do so. They kept the collection together. And it's because work and people are inseparable.
In the history of how Vincent became world-famous, the publication of the letters plays at least as important a role as the worldwide exhibitions. First in Vincent's own language, later translated into English. Both publications take enormous time and effort. Not least because the compilers, Jo van Gogh-Bonger and her son Vincent "The Engineer" van Gogh, set it up with love, care and accountability for every sentence.
The world loves the work. The world loves the human being. That's what makes Vincent, Vincent.
We have always been close to Vincent. Through the letters, we hear "his voice" and see a little through his eyes. We feel his enthusiasm, the love for his brother. We also get to know the shadow side. That he was a difficult man, not easy to call "a friend. And the tunnel vision of his art also sometimes makes him just a rude jerk. In the letters, we meet the inside, of Van Gogh. His philosophy and beliefs. We try to grasp between the words his inner life.
With the letters came the studies, interpretations, stories, books, movies and dozens of "cameos" in popular culture. Many made with equal care, many not. And now. Now we can get closer to Vincent than ever.
©2023 -'Vincent all ears' is an initiative of the following Van Gogh enthusiasts
Here is Vincent. Master Painter. Human.
Here is Vincent. All ears.
Vincent is world famous. This is primarily because of his masterful work and how it "speaks" to the viewer. It is also because Vincent was eager to share his work with the widest possible audience - and his descendants made deliberate efforts to do so. They kept the collection together. And it's because work and people are inseparable.
In the history of how Vincent became world-famous, the publication of the letters plays at least as important a role as the worldwide exhibitions. First in Vincent's own language, later translated into English. Both publications take enormous time and effort. Not least because the compilers, Jo van Gogh-Bonger and her son Vincent "The Engineer" van Gogh, set it up with love, care and accountability for every sentence.
The world loves the work. The world loves the human being. That's what makes Vincent, Vincent.
We have always been close to Vincent. Through the letters, we hear "his voice" and see a little through his eyes. We feel his enthusiasm, the love for his brother. We also get to know the shadow side. That he was a difficult man, not easy to call "a friend. And the tunnel vision of his art also sometimes makes him just a rude jerk. In the letters, we meet the inside, of Van Gogh. His philosophy and beliefs. We try to grasp between the words his inner life.
With the letters came the studies, interpretations, stories, books, movies and dozens of "cameos" in popular culture. Many made with equal care, many not.
And now. Now we can get closer to Vincent than ever.
©2023 -'Vincent all ears' is an initiative of the following Van Gogh enthusiasts