Never Too Much Van Gogh

As the saying goes, “One can never be too rich, too thin…” or, considering the latest news -- have too much Van Gogh. The Art Newspaper’s blog recently mentioned a new film by Julian Schnabel, At Eternity’s Gate, about Van Gogh, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival over Labor Day Weekend.

Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s AT ETERNITY’S GATE. Courtesy of CBS Films

Chaponval, Anna Wydrych. From the film Loving Vincent, a design painting by Wydrych ingeniously combining Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings Houses at Auvers and Thatched Cottages at Cordeville. Photo courtesy of LovingVincent.com.

Loving Vincent was released as a result of the efforts of 95 selected artists who created more than 60,000 paintings used to make the movie. The whole project was an intense labor of love.

Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s AT ETERNITY’S GATE. Courtesy IMDB

Basquiat, 1996), poet Reinaldo Arenas (Before the Night Falls, 2000), and Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007).

Poster for Lust for Life, 1956. Courtesy IMDB

Lust for Life, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh, turned out to be a huge success. I hope that this latest tribute to Van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, will also be a film to remember.

Poster for 46th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper at the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale, CA. Image courtesy Brand Library & Art Center.

46th Annual National Juried Exhibition with 92 works on paper selected from more than 1000 artworks submitted by various artists.

Some of Edward’s selections for finalists of the 46th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper. Top: Oval Office and Justice Pink, 2017. June August. Bottom Left: Untitled, 2018. John Huck. Bottom Right: The Musician, 2018. Larry Hughes. Images courtesy Brand Library & Art Center.