Vincent van Gogh
The Dutch painter of The Potato Eaters, who wrote to his brother Theo about what his paintings were for.
Books
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh1914Hundreds of letters, most of them to Theo, about what he was trying to paint. Theo’s widow Jo first published them.
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How do you paint loneliness?
How do you paint sadness and loneliness with no face and no symbol? From Bruegel’s Icarus to Picasso’s blue and Friedrich’s ship, and why every viewer finishes a painting with their own life.