Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Vincent van Gogh was inspired to paint some of his most vibrant works during his time in the south of France. His Provençal paintings invoked swirling brushstrokes of starry skies, golden-hued sunflowers arranged in curvaceous vases, and swaying plane and cypress trees.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
This year's New York museum season includes knockout exhibitions of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and Giorgio Morandi — plus a tribute to everyone's favorite little elephant, Babar.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
An exhibition in New York studies how Vincent Van Gogh created new techniques to paint the night sky.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Before Vincent van Gogh could make what would become one of the world's most famous and beloved images, he had to figure out how to use color to paint the blackness of night - and how to do it in the dark. The story of the technical challenges behind "The...
gearfuse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amsterdam’s Koepelkerk (meaning roughly “domed church” in Dutch) is one of the main landmarks on the city’s skyline. Koepelkerk has been around since the 17th century and it’s been painted by the legendary Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, but today it’s far from your typical church. Since 1975, the Koepelkerk has been rented by the Renaissance [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Before Vincent van Gogh could make what would become one of the world's most famous and beloved images, he had to figure out how to use colour to paint the blackness of night – and how to do it in the dark.
