art - Van Gogh (.pps) w/music

From: hh Sent:  We.25Nov09 Subject: Van Gogh - Beautiful! Enjoy!  (To watch & listen, click on the small painting.)

He  was only 37 when he took his own life . . . most do not realize  that he was that young.  You have heard the  song  many times before but the presentation clearly chronicles that this song was written in memory of Vincent Van Gogh, as a  tribute by Don McLean, in the seventies.  It is rumored that Van Gogh's painting of 'Starry Night' was painted during his confinement in an asylum and that he sold only one painting during his lifetime as he was nameless at that time.  That's perhaps what caused him to fall into an abyss of depression which eventually led to his suicide. How tragic for him to have felt so hopeless and misunderstood in spite of being so gifted!  It was a pity that medical science was not yet ready to help him.

VanGogh
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting The Starry Night. The song also describes different paintings done by the artist.  McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of the artist.[citation needed] The following year, the song became the number one hit in the U.K. and No. 12 in the U.S[1].  In 2000, PBS aired Don McLean: Starry, Starry Night, a concert special that was filmed in Austin, Texas. [ source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_(song) ]

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