For the moment, I just want to share with you this unknown to me photo of Vincent, I found in a new book by Benoit Landais (known especially as a nonconformist critic of the Gachet family legend and the one who unveiled the false Dr Gachet portrait still in the Louvre – ok, Orsay Museum…)
Here it is:
Fragile, hiper sensitive, maybe older than the 33 years old he had at the moment, with bright, liquid and very light colored eyes, Vincent smiles for this almost conventional photo. He<s even dressed "officially" and has a bow tie (or something…) And, of course, he looks just like his self portraits… The photo was taken by a Victor Morin and probably, considering the age, he is in Paris…
17 responses so far ↓
100swallows // 17/11/2009 at 02:43 |
Nice to see this photo, Danu. A smile, you call it? I wouldn’t want him any other way but he didn’t have much of a funny-bone.
ovidiu stanomir // 17/11/2009 at 06:34 |
bietul Vincent, arata ca strabunicul meu (intr-o poza din albumul familiei), in pragul batranetii
ivdanu // 17/11/2009 at 21:23 |
Well, it’s a smile, still… He do have a sense of humor though and lots of letters of his prove it… but, true, not woody allen type of humour…
ivdanu // 17/11/2009 at 21:25 |
da, ovidiu, e drept ca arata fragil, imbatranit…nu era vegetarian, deh…absinthul si cafeau or veni ele din plante, pana la urma, dar nu conteaza ca hrana vegetariana… Nici prea multe vitamine nu au…
3 luni pe mana mea si faceam ficior din el, de-ar fi bucurat-o mai des pe preferata lui Rachel, aia la care i-a cadorisit urechiusa…
larrycoleart // 18/11/2009 at 02:11 |
What an intriguing photo… I have always wondered what kind of thoughts ran through his head. I want to believe he was a brave man as his paintings would suggest, and not just the depressed wacko many has presumed… The bottom line is that we are all better today because he was here. I, for one, am glad he was here, and his spirit lives on through his work. Thanks for sharing!
ivdanu // 18/11/2009 at 23:47 |
He was a brave man, larrycoleart! We just have to go to his letters and read a few lines. Very rarely – maybe the 27 of July 1890 = was he a depressed wacko…
Mihail Medrea // 19/11/2009 at 05:03 |
Exista doua moduri de a trai: sa vegetezi sau sa arzi…
ivdanu // 20/11/2009 at 19:27 |
Sau cand sa vegetezi, cand sa arzi… Nu vad Mihailus, de ce trebuie sa fie totdeauna ori ori si nu si-si…
Mihail Medrea // 23/11/2009 at 03:17 |
Pentru ca sunt doua feluri de oameni: cei cu gandul spre cer si cei cu gandul spre pantec…
Iona // 23/11/2009 at 16:07 |
Si asta mi-a lipsit… blogul tau
ivdanu // 23/11/2009 at 22:52 |
Mihail: iar ori,ori… de ce nu si, si…Si cu gandul la cer, si cu gandul la pantec, alternativ… Speciile ale pure, neameastecate, nu exista mon ami…si sfintii se luptau – si ala si paRE SA FI FOST meritul lor – cu tentatiile pantecului…
Mihail Medrea // 24/11/2009 at 03:38 |
pt. ca nu se poate si cu sula in gura si cu sufletul in Rai !
ivdanu // 24/11/2009 at 09:06 |
Estu 100 % sigur, M?
Mihail Medrea // 25/11/2009 at 03:46 |
vrei sa ai ultimul cuvant?…
ivdanu // 26/11/2009 at 10:19 |
As vrea io… da cu tine nu-s 100% ca pot…
iona // 02/12/2009 at 17:10 |
I’m waiting
ivdanu // 03/12/2009 at 12:36 |
for Godott?