the ART COLONY

[sesame]

Originally Posted by jimnasium

You have a good eye, sesame, the best artists are depraved, you know...

And that automatically brings us to Van Gogh. The Master painter who couldnt (just a few actually) sell a single painting in his lifetime. And now after (2nd Aug 2008 - 29th July 1890) xxx years and yy months after his passing, his art is worth billions! How many years is it? I'm too lazy!!

He, after a failed love affair, lived with a prostitute and acted as a surrogate father to her boy! A Tragic hero! He finished one painting a day in his last 200days! Imagine! One masterpiece every 24 hours! What a creative genius he must have been! A penniless champion! If his art didnt sell, why then, did he paint? Just for the love of art! Because it was his life, his breath, his essence! Salute to Van Gogh.

Vincent painted the auvers_town_hall_on_14_july_1890 (image at the right) only 15 days before his death!