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•Haunting Melody
• Don McLean
• Vincent
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Vincent or Starry Starry Night by Don McLean 1968
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Vincent Van Gogh
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 GoghLetter: 9 July 1888
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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: 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 stands out as one of the most important works of art produced in the nineteenth century.
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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
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Earliest Paintings
Boy Cutting Grass with a SickleEtten: October, 1881 Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather
The Hague: August, 1882
"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
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Nuenen
Two Peasant Women DiggingNuenen: July, 1885
The Potato EatersNuenen: April, 1885
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Paris
In Paris, Van Gogh's palette comes alive.
Self-PortraitParis: Winter, 1887-88
Vase with Red PoppiesParis: Summer, 1886
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Arles
Still Life: Vase with Fourteen SunflowersArles: August, 1888
Harvest at La CrauArles: June, 1888
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Saint-Rémy de Provence
St.Remy Asylum
Wheat Field with Cypresses Saint-Rémy: Early September, 1889
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Auvers-sur-Oise
Portrait of Doctor GachetAuvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890
Thatched Cottages at CordevilleAuvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890
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Stages of Vincent’s Life:
• The Wanderer• The Man• The Painter• The End
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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?
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Stages of Vincent’s Life: The Man
• Relationships with other people
• Events
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Stages of Vincent’s Life: The Painter
The Painter on His Way to WorkArles: July, 1888
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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.
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