Fame hasn’t always been kind to the reputation of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), whose drawings are now featured in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s owing to his fame, after all, that van Gogh is still so often described as a deranged genius—the man who cut off his ear in a fit Read More
Fame hasn’t always been kind to the reputation of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), whose drawings are now featured in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s owing to his fame, after all, that van Gogh is still so often described as a deranged genius—the man who cut off his ear in a Read More
We’ve had to wait a very long time to see a full-scale retrospective devoted to the work of the French painter Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940). The last really big show is said to have been organized in Paris in 1938. I have fond memories of a later exhibition that John Russell organized in 1971-72 at the Read More
