[Lockbar]

Very interesting. I always thought he was a cool cat.

[devane617]

Go to the website and look at the gallery....Bravo, Vincent.

[Dysart]

He has managed, even in his death, to maintain a blog with his letters.

http://www.vangoghsblog.com/

[Dysart]

* Detail from Vincent van Gogh's 'The Sower', 1888 with van Gogh's letter to his brother Theo, Arles, c. 21 November 1888 "...Here’s a croquis of the latest canvas I’m working on, another sower. Immense lemon yellow disc for the sun. Green-yellow sky with pink clouds. The field is violet, the sower and the tree Prussian Blue." Picture: Van Gogh Museum

[llevrok]

Imagine if you lived in the day. All art was photo like. Then this guy comes along who sees technique, light and color in a different way. No wonder he was thought to be nuts!

[llevrok]

Art joke: Van Gogh was not the only artist of that era who had problems fitting in.

Toulouse LeTrec was also a tough cookie.

But then you would too, had you been born Toulouse.

[djf]

I have long been a huge fan and consider him to be one of the most intelligent and passionate men who ever lived.

All of his known surviving letters and paintings can be seen here.

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

[dznutz]

Don Mc Lean had a song about him, great song. vincent

[muir_redwoods]

Not totally extraneous

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/starry_starry.html