a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.
Auvers, where you lived for such a brief period – the last of your life – in 1890. Auvers, where you painted seventy paintings in seventy days. Auvers, where you shot yourself, where you died, where your bones still reside. A block from the train stop, things look familiar. The town hall. Ghosts greet me. […]
Mon, October 19 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Research, Travel » 2 Comments
As promised… The back of the house, with Vincent’s studio in the foreground. I like to imagine this is the door Vincent snuck out of when he couldn’t take his parents anymore. Corner of his studio. I touched the brick here, it’s as close as I got. Now, the first statue of Vincent I saw […]
Mon, September 28 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Travel » No Comments
I spoke about the Kröller-Müller Museum in a previous post, while I was there, but at the time I could not offer any photos. This museum is probably one of my favorites in the whole world now, not just because it emerged from the largest private collection of Vincent’s work ever, but because it is situated […]
Mon, September 14 2009 » Photo entries, Research, Travel » 5 Comments