Van Gogh's ear

[Bad Blue 2000]

A great doc.
Did he cut his entire ear off, just the lobe, does it matter?

[VeritasVincit]

Van Gogh was in a bar when Rembrandt walked in.
Rembrandt: “Hi, Vincent, can I get you a drink?”
Vincent: “No thanks, I’ve got one ‘ere.”

An oldie but goldie.

[Sid Pervcat]

2 things I never either realised or paid attention to, until I asked Gary Google for help.

Van Gogh shot himself and died as a result of infection from his wounds.
He was only 37 when he died.


One lives and errrr learns.

[Basualdo]

2 things I never either realised or paid attention to, until I asked Gary Google for help.

Van Gogh shot himself and died as a result of infection from his wounds.
He was only 37 when he died.


One lives and errrr learns.

And according to Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 was the world's oldest recorded person at 122, and who used to sell him his paints, he was very rude and smelled rancid. Imagine being accused of rudeness and reeking by the French?! He must have stunk like Pishtank's gusset.

Also how co-incidentally freaky is it that the world's oldest human knew one of it's greatest artists?

[VeritasVincit]

2 things I never either realised or paid attention to, until I asked Gary Google for help.

Van Gogh shot himself and died as a result of infection from his wounds.
He was only 37 when he died.


One lives and errrr learns.

And according to Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 was the world's oldest recorded person at 122, and who used to sell him his paints, he was very rude and smelled rancid. Imagine being accused of rudeness and reeking by the French?! He must have stunk like Pishtank's gusset.

As few would want to go near him, is that the reason he only ever sold one painting.

[Bad Blue 2000]

Yep, he was a nasty piece of work.

Definitely worth watching that doc,though.

[Bad Blue 2000]

2 things I never either realised or paid attention to, until I asked Gary Google for help.

Van Gogh shot himself and died as a result of infection from his wounds.
He was only 37 when he died.


One lives and errrr learns.

And according to Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 was the world's oldest recorded person at 122, and who used to sell him his paints, he was very rude and smelled rancid. Imagine being accused of rudeness and reeking by the French?! He must have stunk like Pishtank's gusset.

Also how co-incidentally freaky is it that the world's oldest human knew one of it's greatest artists?

She met him once.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Also how co-incidentally freaky is it that the world's oldest human knew one of it's greatest artists?

[Reg]

Also how co-incidentally freaky is it that the world's oldest human knew one of it's greatest artists?

I love that picture.

I find it uplifting and life-affirming.

[Sid Pervcat]

Also how co-incidentally freaky is it that the world's oldest human knew one of it's greatest artists?

I love that picture.

I find it uplifting and life-affirming.

I think Saggers has had an uplifting in his undies, tbf.

[lambrini]

Van Gogh was in a bar when Rembrandt walked in.
Rembrandt: “Hi, Vincent, can I get you a drink?”
Vincent: “No thanks, I’ve got one ‘ere.”

An oldie but goldie.

Lol, great joke.

I saw the exhibition 'Van Gogh and Japan' in Tokyo and the beautiful film 'Vincent' at the ICA in London (now available on DVD). Van Gogh was a talented man; ahead of his time... Just as important as Turner, and Picasso imo. His ideas influenced Western painting - later similarities include Clive Bell, and Rothko.

'Lust For Life' starring Kirk Douglas is brilliant. :

[VeritasVincit]

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is an excellent venue if you are at all interested in the artist. There are many hundred works and it’s possible to follow his work chronologically and see the development of his painting. While doing this it is easy to pick out the period when he was ‘going mad’.
One word of warning. It gets crowded and the entrance queues are huge, so book in advance for a timed slot. It’s worth it.