Van Gogh's new canvas

From: Scotland on Sunday | Date: March 9, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

HE IS probably the most studied, most parodied, most often portrayed and least understood artist in history. Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch one. The one who cut off his ear and killed himself. The one who painted the sunflowers. The one in that terrible song. Perhaps more than any other artist, Van Gogh sums up the popular concept of the tortured genius. We all know Vincent the legend. But how close have we ever got to Vincent the man? A new exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam changes everything. It opens our eyes to the real Van Gogh. And it does so not principally through his work, ...

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