Special Projects curator Colin Wiggins walks you through the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, from the bright colours of ‘Sunflowers’ to his battles with depression. Discover Van Gogh’s changing style and the influence of the Post-Impressionist artists in Paris.
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Oh look at the emperors new close
What a phenomenal presentation! Thank you for your profound interpretation of his work
Vincent was born in Zundert, not Nuenen.
And he was a true artist with lots of misery. Painting was the only thing that helped his soul. In the end he just became insane, probably due to the world's insanity around him.
His brother Theo saw other impressionist artists getting away with murder, and decided that Vincent could do the same thing, and that they would both make money.
The emperor has no clothes.
The value of this work of art is based upon how many people will pay to see it in person. The people who will pay to see it do so in order to try to figure out why in the world it is considered so valuable and great. Otherwise, it is an unimpressive work of art, basically awkward and rather ugly, as is the rest of his work. This is one of the first art scams in history.
Another opinion of Van Gogh. Good insight. What if Van Gogh just walked out on the stage of life and played his part and exited?
i could be wrong but ive noticed throughout art history, the best artistic styles tend to be a blend of 2 cultures.. (van gogh – french & japanese – french impressionism & 1800c japanese woodblock prints) van gogh seemed to have created a beautiful, timeless artistic style, which almost everybody likes.
Just wonderful, Colin brings Vincent to life in this, I learnt so much..
12:22 He SKIPS all the fights and make up sex and pre-gay-marriage divorce between Van Gogh and Gauguin!!! 🍑🍆🙊
Must be hard having to do this talk every single day, and still appear enthused about the topic in hand
Amazing lecture! I would like to see more of his
‘If you’re watching this in the future’—who could ever think of being so triggered by such a phrase!
Great speaker !
Picasso is much better because he is spanish
Great job! Thanks National Gallery for these talks, they are amazing, and a great value for knowledge. Colin Wiggins is perfect!
Abutres oportunistas esperam as pessoas morrerem para ficar lucrando após morte. Viva a arte em vida
the lecture like this make the art of van gogh more expensive. even if the art in nothing is a non.sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T77PDm3e1iE
A very good talk, thank you!!!
My dear God. This is BRILLIANT.
I think he's reading a little too much into the sunflower painting. He's a really nice guy. And pleasant to listen to. But… I think he's wrong. I don't think there is as much meaning in the sunflowers painting as he thinks there is. I think that Van Gogh is a very "literal" painter. There are no subtleties. What you see is what it is. He saw it, he liked it, he painted it. He went for yellow because he liked how yellow looks. He painted it with broad visible brushstrokes, because that's how he paints. It's just expression. Van Gogh is one of the best examples of expressionist painting. Even though formally he is classified as post-impressionism. There's nothing more to it. It's just, he liked how the sunflowers looked, he felt a certain way that day. And it just came out in the paintings. In the motif, in the brushstrokes, in the palette. I don't think there was a conscious attempt here to create any kind of meaning beyond that. It's just what he liked and how he felt and he is expressing his feelings in the moment. There is no meaning beyond that.
That doesn't make the sunflower paintings any less valuable. I like all the sunflower paintings by Van Gogh very much. They are among my favorite paintings, not just by Van Gogh, but by any artist. But I see no meaning beyond pure expression of momentary emotion. And I see no problem with that. That doesn't change the fact that I like how the painting looks and how I feel when I look at it. The flowers are pretty, yet they are dry. The painting is cheerful and also very sad at the same time. That's all there is to it 🙂
I'm learning so much from these presentations , its such a great idea to post on youtube. I wish that more museums would try this. Makes you want to visit so bad.
i would like it in french ..
Wonderful ….also love curators who are passionate about their work
That painting does not have detail in middle of those flowers so how can you claim it to be so brilliant
If you are interested in Vincent van Gogh embroidery, you can visit this link: https://youtu.be/3v9G2DPC0ek
I was so touched when I've first seen " Sunflowers" , everything is so strong and eye-popping.
Really enjoyed this video, watched, wow… can't even remember how many times, he is a fantastic story-teller, great work, every time watch it, I can find something fresh, Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for shearing.
Such a pleasant and informative lecture with a poised yet witty style of speaking brilliant.I can pass my Art History exam now.
vincent said eat crabs?
or its a picture of dead flowers..
Enjoying it, but I find the "nature-worship" comments to be intellectually dishonest, and perhaps transparent as projection on the part of the lecturer. Who I like, except for this. Van Gogh may very well have been celebrating and worshiping the Creator in the purest Christian sense, which the people who dragged him down during his tenure as a preacher wouldn't allow him to do. "New-age pagan?" Bollocks.
p.s. for the lecturer. Please keep your wishful thinking out of the classroom. It is not the venue. New-age fundamentalist projection does not a rounded education make. Sin is real, or it is not. Regardless of what ANY of us believe. Ask these questions in an appropriate forum, perhaps in the privacy of your own home, before you presume to teach publicly on the subject. Ask them honestly, and do not project your desires on the answers. Or you will deceive yourself as you are deceiving this classroom. Not good. Thank you.
simply brilliant
van Gogh did not give the cut off tip of his ear to 'some girl' in a brothel. He gave it to a mature woman in the brothel…with whom he'd
had a liaison. She had come to reject him..and his offering was an ironic gesture, imitating a matador handing the ear of a
tormented to death bull to a woman.
Hogh, its VAN HOGH!!!!!!!!!