As you may recall from previous posts on this blog… I LOVE HALLOWEEN! I love decorating and dressing up and giving out candy – all of it! Here’s an interesting fact… when art historians love Halloween, they tend to do things a little differently. Case in point, this year I decided I would bring a […]
Read more "Halloween 2022"“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” -Vincent van Gogh. As an academic, I love studying Van Gogh because he gave us quite a gift – not just 800+ paintings, but hundred and hundreds of letters. Shout out to his sister-in-law, Jo, who had the foresight […]
Read more "Starry Night"While I have been following the story of The Van Gogh House from the beginning, I finally had the opportunity to drive by the house myself this week. Located on a main thoroughfare in Mount Dora, FL, it has generated quite a bit of publicity with mentions on the Today show, The Washington Post, the […]
Read more "The Van Gogh House"It can sometimes be difficult to explain art historical movements, or even the lives of certain artists, to children. For the recent Take pART event, I was asked to write about Vincent van Gogh and his painting “Starry Night” for a kid’s art activity. Here’s what I came up with… Vincent van Gogh was a […]
Read more "Kids & Vincent van Gogh"Whenever I present my lecture, “The Legacy of Vincent van Gogh,” I include a very telling and insightful exercise. First, I have the guests in attendance look at Van Gogh’s paintings “Starry Night” and “Sunflowers.” Then I ask them to shout out words describing how those paintings make them feel. I hear words like “cheerful,” […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 