Episode 33: Van Gogh & Starry Night

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Articles related to the 2020 theft of The Parsonage Garden at Neunen:

Studies on Creativity and Mental Illness [most require individual or institutional subscriptions to read]:

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Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art [image credit: Wikipedia]
Starry Night in-gallery at the Museum of Modern Art [image credit: The Khan Academy, Steven Zucker]
Vincent van Gogh, age 19 [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Portrait of Theo van Gogh, aged ~30 (c. 1888) [image credit: Wikipedia]
Vincent van Gogh, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen, 1884, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Groninger Museum but stolen in 2020 [image credit: Wikipedia]
Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1830-1832, woodblock print [image credit: MET]
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum [image credit: Wikipedia]
Photograph of the Yellow House in Arles [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Paul Gauguin, c. 1891
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Paul Gauguin, 1888, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 1888, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Courtauld Gallery [image credit: Wikipedia]
Postcard of Saint-Rémy [image credit: The Guardian]
The Asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence [image credit: Wikipedia]
Asylum of Saint-Paule-de-Mausole [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Romanesque cloisters at the Asylum [image credit: Avignon et Provence]
Van Gogh’s bedroom at the Asylum [image credit: Wikipedia]
High definition detail of Starry Night [image credit: Google Arts & Culture via Twistedsifter]
High definition detail of Starry Night [image credit: Google Arts & Culture via Twistedsifter]
High definition detail of Starry Night [image credit: Google Arts & Culture]
Graves of Vincent van Gogh (L) and Theo van Gogh (R) in the Cimetière d’Auvers-sur-Oise [image credit: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images via Artnet]
Grave of Vincent van Gogh [image credit: Bart Maat/AFP/Getty Images via Artnet]
Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Johanna van Gogh and her infant son Vincent [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Vincent Willem van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum in 1976 [image credit: Van Gogh Museum]
Starry Night at Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience [image credit: Time Out]

Happy listening!

Lindsay

Gus in the “Regal Beagle” pose

4 thoughts on “Episode 33: Van Gogh & Starry Night

    1. Lindsay Sheedy July 28, 2022 — 1:56 am

      Thanks, Dot! I’m glad to be back! ❤

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      1. Thanks for shout out! Enjoyed the Van Gogh episode

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