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Van Gogh’s Early Years

The travels and influences of the young Vincent

Christopher P Jones
Published in
9 min readJul 10, 2019

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Detail of ‘Old Man with a Top Hat’ (1881), by Vincent van Gogh. Source Wiki Art

The appeal of Vincent Van Gogh shows no signs of fading. We remain fascinated by an artistic temperament that was at once flawed, vulnerable and human, and yet also highly-charged, magnificent even. We respond to him because he kept on painting, his canvases getting brighter and brighter as his days got darker.

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