VAN GOGH, PARIS AND A LARK THE CHRYSLER DISPLAYS WORKS THAT ILLUSTRATE A PIVOTAL PERIOD IN THE PAINTERS DEVELOPMENT.(DAILY BREAK)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: April 12, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: TERESA ANNAS THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

WHEN VINCENT VAN GOGH arrived in France, he was still searching for a powerful way to render the world.

He had not yet painted ``The Starry Night,'' with its visionary swirls of celestial bodies. He had not made sunflowers in a vase quiver with golden light, nor transformed cypress trees into spiring flames.

He hadn't yet cut off part of an ear, after arguing with painter Paul Gauguin.

He was 32,...