Van Gogh’s life story, the development of his work and his struggle against madness and poverty told by excerpts from his letters to his beloved brother, Theo. The artist’s paintings and scenes taken at localities in which he lived and worked provide the visual material. Shows his early drawings, his move to Paris, his time in Arles and Saintes-Maries and his enthusiasm for the southern landscape, his time in hospitals at Arles and Saint-Remy, Gauguin’s visit, and Van Gogh’s final sojourn with a doctor in Auvers near Paris.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011544
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Netherlands
Crafts & Visual Arts → Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Netherlands
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting
Documentary
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
People → Artists - Biography
People → Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
Short films
Short films → Short films - Netherlands
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)