val to vend a veiny scientific advisor at the vango institute and an internationally recognized expert on the life and work of the artist. vanderveen wrote his doctoral thesis on bangles literary role models and has spent years studying his correspondence. he also transcribed the artist's letters for the van gogh museum in amsterdam vandeven says that a selective reading of this correspondence obscures the artist's image including for example his pragmatism. bank was an odd dealer before he became an artist. vincent and his brother theo worked for some of the top of their time theo provided vincent with financial support throughout his life early on vincent set high goals for himself he often wore fine clothes he spoke several languages and read books favored by the dutch educated elite leper golly don't you felt the brothers intellectual environment was shaped by those books their lives were very very middle class and of. the books that they own it were beautifully made with gilt edges and leather covers. and so they were not poor and unfair to katie as is so often claimed all. on the

that's another story can do a new question libya val to vend a vein is scientific advisor at the vango institute and an internationally recognized expert on the life and work of the artist. vandeven wrote his doctoral thesis on bangles literary role models and has spent years studying his correspondence. he also transcribed the artist's letters for the van gogh museum in amsterdam vandeven says that a selective reading of these correspondence obscures the artist's image including for example his pragmatism. banco was an odd dealer before he became an artist. vincent and his brother theo worked for some of the top of their time theo provided vincent with financial support throughout his life early on vincent set high goals for himself he often wore fine clothes he spoke several languages and read books favored by the dutch educated elite leper polytone as well the brothers intellectual environment was shaped by those books their lives were very very middle class so very close the books as they own it were beautifully made with gilt edges and leather covers. and so they were not before and an educ

institute van gogh to preserve the artist's memory. he leased out the bar where van gogh once sat it's now a restaurant. vango his attic room is where he died in july 8090. and you do get to go i have 2 different types of visitors. there are the fun god junkies who know everything about him and his paintings he's like a hero to them. that's about 10 to 15 percent of him. another 10 to 15 percent have read his letters of song and then the rest only know the hollywood 5 god so they're not the man who cut off one of his ears associated with prostitutes drank a lot and killed himself oh no it was he to me let it go it was you see. this is the so painted in 888 lang is often portrayed as a typical artist misunderstood impoverished struggling with himself over a period of 10 years he created nearly 900 paintings and more than 1000 drawings a huge achievement he also wrote an estimated 900 letters in some of them he spoke about the meaning of life. possessed enormous creative energy but was he driven by his so-called madness by his genius. on the next question on the longer you've heard the saying you can't see the