As part of a cluster of art and educational events exploring "The Mystery of Van Gogh," an etching by Vincent Van Gogh will be on display Tuesday, March 6 at James Branch Cabell Library.The print will be on view in Special Collections and Archives on the Fourth Floor from 2 to 4 p.m.
This 1890 etching, "Man with a Pipe (Dr. Gachet)," is part of VCU Anderson Gallery's permanent collection. It was donated to the Gallery in 1974.
Van Gogh expert Dr. Cliff Edwards, a professor of philosophy and religious studies in VCU's School of World Studies, will talk about the print, its creation and its connection to VCU at 3 p.m.
The VCU Libraries event is one of several Edwards has organized. The mercurial and brilliant Van Gogh created and then destroyed two paintings of Jesus in Gethsemane. These mystery paintings done at the height of his creativity were critical to the direction Van Gogh's art would take for the final two years of his life. Edwards will discuss those paintings and their significance for the future of art in two lectures. Edwards, has taught at VCU since 1975 and has written three books on the spiritual search of Van Gogh and is at work on a fourth about his
ghost paintings.
This 1890 etching, "Man with a Pipe (Dr. Gachet)," is part of VCU Anderson Gallery's permanent collection. It was donated to the Gallery in 1974.
Van Gogh expert Dr. Cliff Edwards, a professor of philosophy and religious studies in VCU's School of World Studies, will talk about the print, its creation and its connection to VCU at 3 p.m.
The VCU Libraries event is one of several Edwards has organized. The mercurial and brilliant Van Gogh created and then destroyed two paintings of Jesus in Gethsemane. These mystery paintings done at the height of his creativity were critical to the direction Van Gogh's art would take for the final two years of his life. Edwards will discuss those paintings and their significance for the future of art in two lectures. Edwards, has taught at VCU since 1975 and has written three books on the spiritual search of Van Gogh and is at work on a fourth about his
ghost paintings. - March 2: First Friday opening of an invitational exhibit at the Art6 Gallery, 6 East Broad St. Artists in all media developed works that reconstructed the destroyed painting or responded to Van Gogh's creation or destruction of that work.
- March 4: The Pinkney Near Memorial Lecture in Art History, Art6 Gallery, 4 p.m. Edwards will discuss the ghost paintings.
- March 6: Van Gogh etching on display, Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2 to 4 p.m. Edwards speaks at 3 p.m.
- March 7: 2012 Powell-Edwards Lecture, VCU Student Commons, 7 p.m. Edwards will speak and show images related to a book in progress, "Van Gogh's Ghost Paintings." A reception will follow. Van Gogh Events Web site
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear, January 1889