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January 8, 2007
wheat field with crows
in an effort to alleviate sunday's mundaness i revisted my love for van gogh's paintings. ask me to choose my favourite piece, and i'll be torn between many of his great works - starry starry night, cafe terrace at night, his many self portraits, and many many more.
how often do you come across painters, who put themselves in the scene they are painting as well and as intimate as van gogh? he translates such dark and twisted emotions onto his art. an ordinary starry night was made so poignant - you are not looking at the night, you are feeling his emotions for the night.
wheat field with crows is suppose to be his last painting. some experts says that it is not - but both sides agree this painting was done during the last month of his life.
because of the sombreness of this piece, i'd like to think that it's his last painting. i imagined he took a lonely stroll out at night, heavy with depression. he shot himself, walked back home. he contemplated this empty canvas, not knowing that his wound was fatal and that he was to die two days later. and he painted what was in his heart - his final encounter with nature.
posted by nyx at January 8, 2007 7:19 AM
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