Tag: Vincent van Gogh

A Memoir of Vincent van Gogh

A Memoir of Vincent van Gogh

by Jo Van Gogh-Bonger (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018) (Originally published in 1913)

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A pocket-sized biography of Vincent van Gogh penned by his sister-in-law, whose written testimony and overseeing of his works did much posthumously to secure van Gogh’s historical standing. Van Gogh-Bonger’s account is accessible if measured, and liberal in its reproduction of paintings.

 

 

Loving Vincent

Loving Vincent

dir. Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (2017)

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Each frame of this animated biopic is hand-painted in the van Gogh style. Envisaged as a murder mystery, van Gogh’s last days unfold upon a backdrop of celebratory pastiche, his life at sombre odds with the wonder and vibrancy of his oils.