"Genius and madness." Over the last couple of centuries, these two concepts have become almost synonymous. And Van Gogh became the very bright example of these words.
Van Gogh is one the most famous Dutch. They nation seems to be really proud of its great artist. Thus visiting Holland there are no excuses for not visiting the gallery with his works. The biggest collection of Van Gogh's paintings is located in the gallery of the Park de Hoge Veluwe which is definitely worth visiting. But for now let's continue talking about Van Gogh's life.
For scientists, the legacy of this man of geniuse became the source for research, allowing to trace the connection between creativity and mental illnesses (bipolar disorder and depression). But for the "romantic flair" of the tragedies we gradually forget the fact that their great works were created not in times of illness and crisis, but vice versa. And also the fact that they were all just people, and were pushed into the "abyss of madness" not by their own creations, but by the intolerant society, which by the beginning of the twenty-first century is still learning tolerance.
Vincent Van Gogh and his ear
Vincent Van Gogh - one of the most famous patients of the hospitals for the mentally ill. According to the standard version of the biography of the artist, he began to study painting at age 27, ten years was a great way to find his own style. He died at the age of 37 after a suicide attempt. The phenomenon of his posthumous fame actively warmed up the stories about the bizarre antics of the artist, as well as the price for his works - in 1990, his "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" was sold on "Christie" for 82.5 million dollars, and one of the self-portraits , dated 1889, in 1998, was sold for 71.5 million dollars.
With many books about Van Gogh, such as "The Life of Van Gogh" Henry Perryusho or "Lust for Life," Irving Stone, some facts of his biography, as the story of his ear cut off, turned into a historical anecdotes. By the way there are several versions of what had actually happened. Perryusho described the incident as a consequence of a nervous breakdown.
The number of diagnoses before and after the artist's death has already passed a couple of dozen. After the incident with the ear Van Gogh went to the hospital in Arles, where the doctor gave him a diagnosis of "temporal lobe epilepsy."
Van Gogh is one the most famous Dutch. They nation seems to be really proud of its great artist. Thus visiting Holland there are no excuses for not visiting the gallery with his works. The biggest collection of Van Gogh's paintings is located in the gallery of the Park de Hoge Veluwe which is definitely worth visiting. But for now let's continue talking about Van Gogh's life.
For scientists, the legacy of this man of geniuse became the source for research, allowing to trace the connection between creativity and mental illnesses (bipolar disorder and depression). But for the "romantic flair" of the tragedies we gradually forget the fact that their great works were created not in times of illness and crisis, but vice versa. And also the fact that they were all just people, and were pushed into the "abyss of madness" not by their own creations, but by the intolerant society, which by the beginning of the twenty-first century is still learning tolerance.
Vincent Van Gogh and his ear
Vincent Van Gogh - one of the most famous patients of the hospitals for the mentally ill. According to the standard version of the biography of the artist, he began to study painting at age 27, ten years was a great way to find his own style. He died at the age of 37 after a suicide attempt. The phenomenon of his posthumous fame actively warmed up the stories about the bizarre antics of the artist, as well as the price for his works - in 1990, his "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" was sold on "Christie" for 82.5 million dollars, and one of the self-portraits , dated 1889, in 1998, was sold for 71.5 million dollars.
With many books about Van Gogh, such as "The Life of Van Gogh" Henry Perryusho or "Lust for Life," Irving Stone, some facts of his biography, as the story of his ear cut off, turned into a historical anecdotes. By the way there are several versions of what had actually happened. Perryusho described the incident as a consequence of a nervous breakdown.
The number of diagnoses before and after the artist's death has already passed a couple of dozen. After the incident with the ear Van Gogh went to the hospital in Arles, where the doctor gave him a diagnosis of "temporal lobe epilepsy."
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