The Life & Art of Vincent Van Gogh | Main Library

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Discover the joy, beauty, sorrow and genius of this amazing artist. View over 100 slides of Van Gogh’s art – paintings, drawings, lithographs, etching – including rarely-seen childhood drawings, those from his early Dutch years, and photographs of he and his family. Hear stories about his life, his childhood, places he lived and jobs he held before he became an artist.

Learn about his early artistic, literary and personal influences (his two favorite poets were W. Whitman and Longfellow), his years in Paris, and the artists he met, socialized and exhibited with. Learn about his close relationship with his brother, Theo, and of his deep love and compassion for humanity.

Explore through slides and photographs the intense, personal journey of Vincent Van Gogh – a journey of self-discovery that led this great artist to experience the depths of despair and the heights of exaltation. A man whose deep spiritual convictions drove him to create some of the most beautiful, powerful and deeply moving and personal art ever seen.

The Life and Art of Vincent Van Gogh is an in-depth study of one of the most brilliant and influential artists of the 19th Century. An artist whose work paved the way for the Modern Art Movement of the 20th Century and beyond.

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