Fighting for survival, they apparently had little interest in his evangelistic appeals. The novel was published in serialized form a decade before Van Gogh died. “Vincent’s letters portray a very different story than the popular tale of the mad artist who cuts off his ear,” Havlicek notes. I, as well, only heard of the negative aspects of Van Gogh’s life, and not being a big art enthusiast, never looked further into his life. He never got married it seems? 402 quotes from Vincent van Gogh: 'It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. The event was as shocking then as it is now and, unsurprisingly, in its immediate aftermath, Gauguin, who had been squabbling frequently with van Gogh, fled Provence; thereafter, the Dutch artist fell under almost nonstop surveillance by empathetic doctors and assorted local caregivers. In retrospect, almost a century and a half later, that suicidal event looms in cultural memory as a shot heard round the world. The Lord is smiling on your work! At any point in your research have you come across where Van Gogh acknowledged Christ as the savior and forgiver of his sins? So that is how it works for me. I have found His Body and look very forward to the wedding day of all the saints in Christ Jesus. The way the flowers were transformed through love shows redemption.”[…] Vincent van Gogh’s unappreciated journey with Christ | Godreports. I consider Van Gogh much like Samson of the Old Testament — a powerful man driven by conflicting passions who veered off the path and yet did powerful deeds in spite of his wild brokenness. Glad he overcame in the end.And if that is not one sign of salvation then Van Gogh’s famous quote “I would never recognize love that was not an action” —that comment should convince one even more– because it is really a paraphrase The Book of Romans and Paul’s great insight into the meaning of redeeming action through of the life and sacrificial death of our Lord and Savior. When he failed to convince himself that he had succeeded (of course no one can do this) he felt rejected. Presumably, Emile Bernard, a fellow Japanophile, would join this sort of open-air monastery populated by artists who would make art among the earth’s other laborers in the farms and fields of Provence. I heard he had bi-polar illness; is this true? I look forward to hearing the rest of the story one day from van Gogh himself. Do you know why he never got married? Increasingly, his fluid paintings emulate the growth spurts of plants, the slashing and slicing effects of rain and wind, the swelling and swaying of the sea, and the uneven geological convolutions of the earth itself. It marks van Gogh as a kind of secular martyr in the cause of insurgent European 19th century avant-garde art. “He had a very sacrificial aspect to his personality. That image was one of Van Gogh’s most favorite and of course we find it in the Gospel of John and the Book of Genesis. Completing the research on his life and art was one of the most important experiences in my life. Van Gogh wanted to continue to serve God with his art, stating “…to […]Yes what you say about judging another life is so true–God is the only One who can. Perfect Imperfection My wife and I are honored to continue to reach out to and serve artists of faith throughout Europe. Into that ongoing historical void have come two new studies, On the afternoon of July 27, 1890, in a wheatfield north of Auvers-sur-Oise, France, the 37-year-old painter Vincent van Gogh fatally shot himself in the chest with a Lefaucheux pinfire revolver. You may be pleased to know that the net profits from the sale of our book and its extended eBook and vBook versions supports the Endangered Children Foundation based in Amsterdam.