Thursday, January 29, 2009

Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Exhibition Van Gogh Museum 13 Februari - 07 June


A UNIQUE EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH AT THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM
Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night Exhibition Van Gogh Museum 13 Februari - 07 June

From early on, Vincent van Gogh loved the mood conjured up by the evening and the night. He particularly associated the nighttime hours with feelings of security, solace and the poetic.
Van Gogh viewed the evening and night as a time for reflection and creativity. For this reason he liked to work in these dark hours, for they gave him energy and inspiration.
Van Gogh and The Colours of the Night is the first exhibition to be devoted to Van Gogh's representations of the evening and the night. It considers the ways in which he explored the ambience and symbolism of the nighttime hours and interwove them with other themes such as life on the farm in relation to the cycle of nature and man's struggle with modernity.
The exhibition features famous works from international collections such as The Starry Night (The Museum of Modern Art, New York).

Van Gogh en de kleuren van de nacht
13 februari 2009 - 7 juni 2009

In het voorjaar van 2009 organiseert het Van Gogh Museum een unieke tentoonstelling over de schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh die de atmosfeer van de avond en de nacht weergeven. De tentoonstelling wordt georganiseerd in samenwerking met het Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Van Gogh en de kleuren van de nacht is de eerste expositie die is gewijd aan Van Goghs voorstellingen van de avond en de nacht. Dit thema loopt als een rode draad door zijn oeuvre. Beroemde werken uit internationale collecties die worden getoond, zijn onder andere De sterrennacht (MoMA), Eugène Boch (Musée d’Orsay), een reeks van drie zaaiers bij ondergaande zon (waarvan een uit de Stichting Collectie E.G. Bührle) en De aardappeleters (Van Gogh Museum).

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