4-16 In Search Of... Vincent Van Gogh (Part 1 of 3)

Season 4 Episode 16 Part 1

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[xltoday]

if van gogh were alive and painted the painting he did today, they wouldn't sell at walmart. Be honest if someone hadn't told u that he was great would u think so?

[beautystruck]

@xltoday Have you ever seen any Van Gogh paintings in person? One from a well-kept private collection, not one of the faded examples in the Louvre? I have, and I can say his work is probably the most stunning I have ever seen- his understanding of the power of color is unparalleled!

[xltoday]

@beautystruck I just don't think that van gogh, Rousseau, Gauguin were as good as artist now. If they were how come they didn't sale when there were alive?

[beautystruck]

@xltoday You are entitled to your opinion, though I suggest you go see their actual work if you haven't (not just in coffee table books, the web, etc.) before totally writing them off. I used to think the same thing when I was in art school, studying just the images in books and slides. None of that stuff seemed relevant to my "modern" young world at the time. And then I saw the real thing and my whole perspective shifted to understand their timeless beauty...

[beautystruck]

@xltoday To answer your question, sales success and/or immediate popularity are not always an indicator of the value of a great artist's work- look at all the useless artists today that make a bundle on forgettable work. Many great artists have been glossed over while they were alive, only to be canonized after their deaths- and it's a pretty solid stereotype, the "starving artist"...

[PeterBluth]

I read that there was a new book out about Van Gogh that said he didn't cut off his ear, but lost it in a knife fight.

To be honest, I'm not sure which is more badass.

[foreverhulkamania]

Nimoy is one of the greatest of all time!

[iLOVENATURE2011]

though van gogh did not take proper painting education, he renounced as one of the great painters of all times...

[vcmluvs4estfires28]

mirror nimoy...the mustache

[jetpoweredgriffin]

@lekkerereet

Yes,

there is no perfect color...

[lekkerereet]

@jetpoweredgriffin thats true, to each their own, Rembrandt is also very good but for me Van Gogh is my maestro in art history

[HitMeQuick]

There is no doubt that Van Gogh showed some early promise with his paintings but he struggled with some basics. Almost all of his paintings bear no resemblance to the objects captured whatsoever and his use of colour is childlike and lacks subtlety. He would have benefited from a little more application and thought. I'd give him a 6/10.

[r8wing]

How could works of such beauty be the product of a deranged mind? My dear, many of humanity's greatest works of art are the product of deranged minds. It's a accepted fact that Van Gogh suffered from bipolar disorder and he was also known as an imbiber of absinthe. The greatest works of art often result from the author's unhappiness, depression or drug use. An altered mind has access to levels of creativity that are denied to the ordinary sane and sober.

[jetpoweredgriffin]

PS

I do mean any of the "Sunflowers" series of paintings but especially the

infamous(or famous,depending on how you feel about it)

"Fifteen Sunflowers" version that was the most expensive painting ever sold-

for a few months till his other work "Irises" broke that record.

I just can't see it being worth almost 40 million dollars but....

what is money itself really worth anyway?

Peace,

-g

[jetpoweredgriffin]

Obviously,

he can paint better than I can but I still favour Rembrandt.

Taste is so subjective by its very essence&nature.

I have NEVER liked still life and "Sunflowers" is a mystery to me-

I would never choose it as if I had the chance to own any of his works-

not that I ever will,of course!

Anyway,

to each their own.

[Almuric7]

@xltoday would he sell at "walmart"? not in his own time, but he still would after his death if he's been born a hundred years later - that's how slow peer-appreciation is. How many people decorate their homes in styles reminiscent of the Bauhaus and think minimalism is "modern"? People don't know what to do unless people tell them, sadly most are sheep, and most don't mind being popular - they even praise their popularity, erroneously thinking their fans know their works' worth.

[sethmanrockandroll]

@xltoday

Truth be told, MOST artists do not sell and most art is isn't worth buying at such extravagant prices.

That said, Van Gogh IS still very good.