Van Gogh

This composition is not a work inspired by the life of the famous painter, but rather an attempt at a pictorial immersion in his world. In addition to Van Gogh's character and tragic life, his painting technique, the bright colors of his paintings and his view of nature served as inspiration for this musical work. Point by point and stroke by stroke, Van Gogh brought his own world to life on canvas.

To the life of Van Gogh:

The Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh was one of the most important pioneers of modernism, but received little recognition during his lifetime. As an artist, he chose a life of poverty and isolation. From today's perspective, his most important works were created from 1880 onwards, when he had already more or less succumbed to madness. While his earlier works could still be classified as contemporary, he matured with increasing self-awareness in his late work to become a pioneer of Expressionism. He was only 37 years old and created over 750 paintings and 1600 drawings in the last ten years of his life.

The structure of his work:

Beginning: Brushes and colors

Van Gogh retired to Arles in the south of France, where he found his artistic home. The colors and blooming gardens of this landscape awakened in him an incredible creative power.

A: A picture is created

Van Gogh's psychoses and depressions did not stop him from painting wonderful pictures. Hardly anyone recognized his genius during his lifetime - on the contrary, he often felt misunderstood.

C: Paris - Arles

In Paris (from 1886), Van Gogh was inspired by the French art scene. However, his works found few buyers. He met the painter Paul Gauguin, who became his friend. However, the lack of success made Van Gogh irascible and he began to drink. He eventually moved from Paris to Arles in the south of France to found an artists' colony with Gauguin. After just a few weeks, the two got into such a heated argument that Van Gogh attacked his friend with a knife. The two friends parted ways and Van Gogh subsequently cut off his own right ear.

In 1889, he voluntarily admitted himself to a mental hospital in St Rémy as he was suffering from hallucinations and feared he was losing his mind.

G: Starry Night

One of his most famous paintings, painted in 1898.

H: Death and Brotherly Love

Vincent van Gogh accepted an invitation to Auver-sur-Oise in 1890. This was one of his most intense creative periods. He also received treatment there, but his mental state hardly improved. After an extended walk, he seriously injured himself with a pistol under mysterious circumstances. On his deathbed, he did not even tell his beloved brother Theo, who had supported him all his life, how the accident had happened.

J: Art market Today, Van Gogh's paintings are among the most expensive pictures on the art market. What an irony - given that he was hardly able to sell a single painting during his lifetime.

"I put my heart and soul into my work and lost my mind in the process." (Vincent van Gogh).