Vincent van Gogh is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch painters of all time. It wasn’t until after his death that his art was truly appreciated, selling for record-breaking sums at auctions around the world.
Sadly, he is as famous for his mental health problems as his art, in particular the cutting off of part of his own ear! In the Spring of 1889 he was admitted to an asylum just outside the beautiful southern French town of St Remy de Provence, where he immediately started painting the irises blooming in the hospital garden.
Have you heard about the
Van Gogh Exhibition?
This ‘Immersive Experience’ is taking place in various locations around the world. Here in the UK it can be experienced in London, York and Leicester. I’m hoping to get to York before the exhibition moves on from there at the end of August.
If you haven’t heard about it, the experience is described as being like stepping into a painting.
It reminds me of a similar exhibition we visited when on holiday near St Remy de Provence. Nearby, at the foot of the ancient UNESCO heritage site of the fortified hilltop village of Les Baux de Provence is the ‘Carriere des Lumieres’
– the Cathedral of Images. Set in a redundant limestone quarry, images are projected onto the large, smooth, flat surfaces of the walls. The theme changes each year. This year it is a journey through the artistic and architectural treasures of Venice. On one of our visits it was Van Gogh.
Paperblanks have partnered with the J. Paul Getty Museum to feature one of Van Gogh’s wonderful painting of Irises as a cover design for Spring 2022. Here at Craven Stationery we are stocking both the midi and ultra sizes in unlined format with a hardcover. Each journal has 144 pages of 120gsm acid-free paper. Find out more at
https://www.cravenstationeryonline.co.uk/store/search?keywords=irises.
