Van Gogh'S Ear News

 
Bloomberg
Natural world as van Gogh saw it
The News Journal
Van Gogh frequently removed himself from city life to connect with the natural landscape. "I ... am always obliged to go and gaze at a blade of grass, a pine-tree branch, an ear of wheat, to calm myself," the artist says in a letter to his sister.
Van Gogh's Frenzied Flowers, Starry Landscapes Thrill in 'Up Close' ShowBloomberg

all 3 news articles »
 
Mother Nature Network (blog)
Van Gogh's Frenzied Flowers, Starry Skies Thrill in 'Up Close'
BusinessWeek
10 (Bloomberg) -- “Van Gogh Up Close,” a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, plays down the usual mythology featuring the ear, the asylums and suicide in a wheat field in Auvers. Instead, the show brings us face-to-face with an intimate ...
Traveling exhibition 'Van Gogh Alive' opens in İstanbulToday's Zaman
Van Gogh exhibit is about nature as he saw itMother Nature Network (blog)
Istanbul hosts Van Gogh Alive exhibitPanARMENIAN.Net

all 10 news articles »
 
Allentown Morning Call
'Van Gogh Up Close' at art museum
The Times Herald
By VALERIE NEFF NEWITT Vincent Van Gogh: Was he a madman or a genius? Both, perhaps. While indeed he did spend time in an asylum, and is commonly believed to have lopped off part of his ear in a fit of rage, Van Gogh's artistic legacy tips the scale ...
"Van Gogh Up Close" at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtAllentown Morning Call
In the Eye of His StormsNew York Times
Revolutionary vision: Vincent van Gogh pushed and pulled viewers into the ...phillyBurbs.com
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) -Flavorwire -Newsworks.org
all 26 news articles »
 
The glory of van Gogh in his element - nature
Philadelphia Inquirer
There are 46 paintings in the Art Museum show, along with 30 works on paper by other artists and photographers, illuminating van Gogh's possible sources. The moment you enter "Van Gogh Up Close" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the exhibition tells ...

and more »
 
A Philadelphia Show Raises Questions About Van Gogh's Insanity
Newsweek
Van Gogh himself ranted and raved, ate paint, drank turpentine—and slashed off a chunk of his ear. “I felt my own disease very deep within me,” he said in a moment of calm. Whatever the DSM-IV coding for all this (temporal-lobe epilepsy? bipolar ...

and more »
 
The Guardian
How I made myself into a Van Gogh painting
The Guardian
My choice, Van Gogh's Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, from 1889, was pretty straightforward, or so I thought: coat, hat, bandage, done. Van Gogh cuts a pitiful figure in the portrait, painted just after he cut off his left ear lobe.


 
VIDEO: A passion for nature is revealed in Van Gogh Up Close at Philadelphia ...
Main Line
By Ryan Richards Vincent Van Gogh is known for his sweeping landscapes such as “Starry Night” and for his portraits such as “Postman Roulin.” But in the latter years of his short but prolific artistic career (just 10 years) Van Gogh embarked on a ...

and more »