Van Gogh the preacher? A new show in Mons, Belgium, explores the - TopicsExpress



          

Van Gogh the preacher? A new show in Mons, Belgium, explores the artist’s life before painting. He had attempted to be a preacher and evangelist working in the Borinage, a tough coal mining region, but was fired. The Borinage inspired one of his first major works, The Potato Eaters, and its sootily dark palette, though it was not painted until 1885, after he had left the region. Van Gogh, an enemy only to himself, barely lasted another 10 years after his unhappy months in and around Mons. By then he had created a body of work that began in the Borinage, and which would never be forgotten. - read Guardian article at bit.ly/1BKMvZQ
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:29:57 +0000

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