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Maria Matheou's avatar

How brilliant. This was so informative. Love it. I go to the National Gallery regularly just to look at his Sunflowers. Beautiful.

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Thank you Maria for you feedback.

Maria Matheou's avatar

You’re welcome. Thank you for writing such a wonderful piece on one of my favourite artists.

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Thank you for your support. When launching a project, every piece of feedback is important. Thank you for taking the time.

If you'd like to discover a story, here's one about Jan Van Eyck!

https://www.coolstoriesabout.art/p/van-eyck-the-mission-that-changed

Monoreena A Majumdar(Mocra)'s avatar

Thank you for this wonderful article, very well researched

Sphere by Simran💌's avatar

Okay! Great . This story has a vibe❤️Love it.

Madeleine (she/her)'s avatar

This was so great, and so enlightening. I nearly cried in the Van Gogh museum when i was reading the words the brothers wrote each other, how much love they had for each other - but i feel like they failed to fully highlight how important Johanna was in all of this.

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The correspondence between the two brothers is incredible. Theo died of grief 6 months after Vincent.

Nushen Baihe's avatar

So often the women behind successful men are forgotten. The paintings are Vincent’s legacy but her untiring efforts are the gift she made to their legacy!

Shadow Journal Dispatch's avatar

What a great post about a wonderful artist I've forever admired. And i'm also really enjoying your blog as well!

Liz Luna's avatar

Van Gogh may never have made it out of obscurity for ages if it wasn’t for her endless devotion to her husband & brother-in-law after their deaths.