So English of him. (Vincent Van Gogh, Barbican Centre, London, England)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 14, 1992 | Copyright information

A new exhibition of Van Gogh implies that his work in London, beginning in 1873, was the most influential artistic period of his life.

At last, the truth can be told. Vincent van Gogh was not a Dutch painter at all; he was an English one. That is the claim of "Van Gogh: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", an exhibition at London's Barbican Centre, which goes on until May 4th. It is less unlikely than it sounds.

Before irate Dutchmen don their clogs to march on the Barbican, let it be said that the exhibition's curator, Mr Martin Bailey, does not think Van Gogh was English, ...

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