2024-03-08

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Great Art Explained

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There was always debate about which painting was the artist’s last. For many years it was thought to be this painting, mainly because it featured in a 1930’s book and the 1956 film adaptation of that book. And the painting’s dark and gloomy subject matter seemed to perfectly encapsulate the last days of van Gogh, full of foreboding of his eventual death.

But now, it is widely accepted that this unusual work is his last painting.

The mystery of what it was and where it was painted would take over a century to solve, and that was only thanks to a worldwide epidemic.

What it means is that we now have a deeper insight into what van Gogh’s final last hours were like - before his tragic death.

Here is a very good article which explains more about the "murder" theory https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/van-gogh-committed-suicide-the-murder-story-is-a-myth

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SUBTITLES

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Spanish subtitles by Alma Perdomo (Gracias!)

CREDITS

Footage of Auvers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJmHm0Vdrw&t=1041s

Wooter van der Veen YT channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Arthenon

Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

Recording and sound Mix by Robert Lewis (Thank you!)

FILMS

Eternity's Gate (2018): directed by Julian Scannable ©Curzon Films

Lust for Life (1956): Directed by Vincente Minelli ©MGM

Van Gogh (1995): Directed by Maurice Pialat ©Gaumont

VIDEOS

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MUSIC

Music: Gymnopedie No. 3 - Wahneta Meixsell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RevYn8Mhkw

BOOKS

Van Gogh's Finale: Auvers and the Artist's Rise to Fame by Martin Bailey (highly recommended!)

Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum by Martin Bailey (also highly recommended!)

Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days by Wouter Van Der Veen (brilliant visuals and text)

Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months by Nienke Bakker, Emmanuel Coquery, et al.

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Vincent Van Gogh, Ronald de Leeuw, et al

Van Gogh by Ingo F. Walther

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