Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' brought together in London show

The Manila Times

Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' brought together in London show   A hundred years after acquiring one of Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers," Britain's National Gallery in London brings his vision to life by showcasing three works side-by-side for the first time. The triptych, which features two from of his sunflower series, forms part of a major exhibition dedicated to the Dutch painter and titled "Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers." "He was not just a person tormented and suffering all his life. He was a person deeply committed to the beauty of nature, deeply committed to friends and family and deeply committed to establishing a career as an avant garde artist," says co-curator Christopher Riopelle.   AFP VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein    #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews  #vangogh  #sunflowers

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00:00Okay, I'm going to take a picture.

00:07Ready?

00:09Okay, I'm going to take a picture.

00:10Sure.

00:12Okay, I'm going to take a picture.

00:22Should I check it out?

00:23You can take a picture.

00:25Oh okay.

00:26I'll pick it up and take a picture.

00:28Oh okay.

00:29Also in the portraits, he writes, he says, you know, this portrait I have, turn this way.

00:42And she is no longer the mother, but she is the beloved one for the woman who walks.

00:48I could take the life of a martyr or the...

00:53So it's a complicated way of looking at it, isn't it?

00:57It's about a lot of emotions, colours, emotions.

01:02I got it out, you know, basically because I was doing well.

01:10Well, no, there isn't. It's just normal. It's just that they actually, during the...

01:18It is special simply the sheer number of pictures that we have been able to assemble.

01:4261, which is a considerable number for Vincent.

01:46And the fact that they come from literally all over the world,

01:52and at the same time that so many of them will be little known to our audience.

02:00That is to say, it's an exhibition that combines both universally loved and well-known masterpieces by Vincent

02:09and ones you've never seen before.

02:11They've never been put together before.

02:13The opportunity has never arisen, except in his own studio, one presumes.

02:18So it's a wonderful moment to begin to realise what Vincent was telling us

02:24about bringing his works together in decorative sequences.

02:29What we hope, and I think the case we make, is that we need to reassess.

02:35He was not just a person tormented and suffering all his life.

02:39He was a person deeply committed to the beauty of nature, deeply committed to friends and family,

02:48and deeply committed to establishing a career as an avant-garde artist.

02:54He's plotting all the time how he and his friends are going to show their works

02:59and win over Paris, or even further afield, win over Brussels, win over Amsterdam.

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