Diamond_Dog sent me a link to an 1889 van Gogh painting.

[George McGovern]

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103JNH?canvas=0b3696e1-4dd6-46fb-8494-e12aa719fb4d

[SheltieLover]

1. Beautiful!

Ty, George & DD!

[George McGovern]

3. Yw SL! Ty!

[3catwoman3]

2. One of my favorite lifetime experiences was visiting the Van Gogh museum...

...in Amsterdam in 1974.

The colors are so vivid that the paint looks like it hasn't dried yet, and some of the paint is so thick that you can see the marks of the individual hairs of the brushes.

Truly spectacular.

[George McGovern]

4. I can only imagine. Thank You 3catwoman3.

[Teacher of the Year]

7. I stood in front of his last painting (wheat field with crows) and I swear

I could feel his emotional state coming out of that painting. Art has rarely moved me to tears, but that one did.

Younger me feared he was trapped in that world. Older me knows he was showing his soul and that WAS his world.

[Diamond_Dog]

12. Oh wow. That must have been some experience. I would absolutely love to see his paintings for real.

I would be brought to tears, too.

Right before Covid struck, I went to see a traveling exhibit of Michaelangelo’s drawings and sketches at the Cleveland Museum of Art. On display was the charcoal study he drew of the two hands barely touching in his iconic painting of The Creation of Adam which of course he painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
That found it powerfully moving. I could just imagine the great artist working on that study. It wasn’t very big but oh so powerful. I can’t remember how long I stood there mesmerized by it. He made his own charcoal pencils and many of his sketches were in a reddish brown charcoal.

[Deuxcents]

5. Aww...looks like your irises! Diamond Dog has an eye for detail 🤗

[George McGovern]

10. She surely does Deuxcents! Thank You!

[KPN]

6. An incredible piece every time I see it. Thanks for sharing

George and Diamond Dog. Van Gogh’s irises are spectacular — so incredibly striking like yours!

[George McGovern]

11. You're welcome KPN! His are spectacular because he painted them so brilliantly. Thank You!

[Tasmanian Devil]

8. A deeper dive

The Getty has done a lot with this painting over the years. A simple search:
https://www.getty.edu/search/?query=van+gogh

During covid they took the time to do an in-depth exam of it and now believe the blue has faded over time and was originally much more violet.

If you're still reading this, a couple of videos people might like:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-technology-creates-unique-view-of-famous-van-gogh-painting/

[George McGovern]

14. Thank You Tasmanian Devil for taking us on this deeper dive. Understanding van Gogh.

How cool is it that ". . . by examining the surface and noticing where Van Gogh
used different materials and textures we can begin to formulate a better sense of
his overall painting technique and how he manipulated his paints to achieve
particular results . . ."

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-technology-creates-unique-view-of-famous-van-gogh-painting/

[Callalily]

9. Ahhhhh...my favorite artist.

I too visited the Van Gogh Museum. It was amazing to stand in front of the paintings that I only read about and seen in art books. I also visited Arles (separate trip) and saw where he lived and worked. Good memories.

[Diamond_Dog]

13. I would absolutely love to have seen all that!

[George McGovern]

15. Good memories indeed Callalily! To see such marvelous Art up close, WoW. Thank You!