Vincent van Gogh: Brev til Theo van Gogh

Indsendt af Erik Kruse Sørensen den 15 jul 2020 - 00:02

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) Af brev til Theo van Gogh

Han må have været lykkelig når han malede. Ellers ikke.

Det fortælles at han var så langt ude, at han spædede snapsen op med terpentin. De museer, hvor hans malerier er udstillede ville blive desinficerede bagefter, hvis denne verdens første stjerne-maler kom på besøg.

 

And it does me good to do what’s difficult. That doesn’t stop me having a tremendous need for, shall I say the word — for religion — so I go outside at night to paint the stars, and I always dream of a painting like that, with a group of lively figures of the pals.

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/starry-night/uQE3XORhSK37Dw?hl=en

 

Forhåndsvist link
Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh - Google Arts & Culture
From the moment of his arrival in Arles, on 8 February 1888, Van Gogh was constantly preoccupied with the representation of "night effects". In April 1888,...