Vincent van Gogh: Recognition

By Lida Prypchan
Despite being housed in a mental hospital for a year, Vincent appears to have never lost his ability and desire to produce art. Even during his time at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, he turned out many of his most famous works. However, this period was not without its turmoil. It...

Vincent van Gogh: Beyond the Potato Eaters (1885-1886)

By Lida Prypchan
The Vincent van Gogh of the mid 1880s would, for most, be completely unrecognizable as the artist of popular repute. To date, he embraced somber, dark colors and refused the commercially viable style of the era’s Impressionist artists. But, van Gogh believed in his work. His subjects gave him the...

Vincent van Gogh: The Hold of Mental Illness

By Lida Prypchan
Although it appears that the two months between the arrival of Paul Gauguin at Arles and his time with Vincent van Gogh were largely two of the happiest months of van Gogh’s life, by December 23, 1888, it had ended in disaster. Whether precipitated by an argument with Gauguin, his feelings of inadequacy...

Vincent van Gogh: Early Life in Retrospect (1853-1864)

By Lida Prypchan
Vincent Willem van Gogh, born March 30, 1853, was the second child of protestant minister, Theodorus van Gogh, and his artist wife and bookseller’s daughter, Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Theodorus’ and Anna’s first child, a son, was stillborn one year before Vincent was born. That first son was also...