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To: newfreep

LOVE Hopper and much of Van Gogh. Love Picasso up until he finished the Pink and Blue periods. I always spent time standing in front of that Hopper cafe. There is something about the cleanliness of that image and the size of that piece that just takes you over. Your Van Gogh was magnificently shown in the Dr Who Van Gogh episode when they dissolved between the painting and the actual cafe where the Doctor is looking for Van Gogh.

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26 posted on 08/26/2019 5:24:43 PM PDT by mairdie (Star Trek - Hero's Song - Julia Ecklar - https://youtu.be/ItssledGOVY)
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To: mairdie

I never cease to be amazed by that Hopper painting - it was also used in a GREAT little cable series, “Dead Like Me”. The episode was titled “Nighthawks” and also featured another Hopper painting. There is a certain starkness to his paintings that touches me deeply.

I am not a Dr Who fan but caught a snippet of the Van Gogh episode w/Amy Pond - extraordinarily moving segment. I was blown away and rediscovered my appreciation of Van Gogh.

To this day, I am still not a Dr Who fan but REALLY enjoy the Matt Smith/Amy Pond series.


29 posted on 08/26/2019 5:34:22 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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