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Don McLean. From My Past. Haunting Melody. Vincent. Vincent or Starry Starry Night by Don McLean 1968. Painters‑to take them alone-dead and buried speak to the next generation or to several succeeding generations through their work. Is that all, or is there more to come?
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Don McLean From My Past • Haunting Melody • Vincent
Painters‑to take them alone-dead and buried speak to the next generation or to several succeeding generations through their work. Is that all, or is there more to come? Perhaps death is not the hardest thing in a painter's life." Vincent van Gogh Letter: 9 July 1888 Vincent Van Gogh
Starry Night: Saint-Remy 1889 is probably Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style, this work has been the subject of poetry, fiction, CD‑ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry, Starry Night" by Don McLean. Starry Night was painted while Vincent was in the asylum at Saint-Rémy and his behavior was very erratic at the time, due to the severity of his attacks. Unlike most of Van Gogh's works, Starry Night was painted from memory and not outdoors as was Vincent's preference. This may, in part, explain why the emotional impact of the work is so much more powerful than many of Van Gogh's other works from the same period. Starry Night stands out as one of the most important works of art produced in the nineteenth century.
Earliest Paintings Nuenen Paris Arles Saint-Rémy de Provence Auvers-sur-Oise Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, The Arles: September, 1888
Boy Cutting Grass with a Sickle Etten: October, 1881 Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather The Hague: August, 1882 Earliest Paintings "Dear Theo, You must not take it amiss if I write you again ‑‑it's only to tell you that painting is such a joy to me." Vincent van Gogh 15 August 1882
The Potato Eaters Nuenen: April, 1885 Two Peasant Women Digging Nuenen: July, 1885 Nuenen
Vase with Red Poppies Paris: Summer, 1886 In Paris, Van Gogh's palette comes alive. Paris Self-Portrait Paris: Winter, 1887-88
Harvest at La Crau Arles: June, 1888 Arles Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers Arles: August, 1888
St.Remy Asylum Wheat Field with Cypresses Saint-Rémy: Early September, 1889 Saint-Rémy de Provence
Thatched Cottages at Cordeville Auvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890 Portrait of Doctor Gachet Auvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
Stages of Vincent’s Life: • The Wanderer • The Man • The Painter • The End
Stages of Vincent’s Life: The Wanderer • First Sunday sermon in Isleworth • Brussels • Courrières, France The years of Vincent's wandering suggest that he was looking for something. Did he ever find it?
Stages of Vincent’s Life: The Man • Relationships with other people • Events
The Painter on His Way to Work Arles: July, 1888 Stages of Vincent’s Life: The Painter
Stages of Vincent’s Life: The End All of these moments together, and so much more, help us to put together the puzzle of Vincent's life‑‑a life so profoundly troubled and yet which produced such incredible beauty. A life that will never be forgotten.