"Van Gogh Up Close" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is not about exploring the Dutch artist's tumultuous life. It's a look at the way he painted his surroundings and reinterpreted the familiar in his own _style_ and vision. Building Painting Van Gogh had a short and prolific career, all his work was created in ten years.
This major show opens a door to one of his most dramatic series of paintings during Van Gogh's final years when he focused on nature and explored the intricacies of flowers, trees and landscapes. Children Painting The exhibition is a relatively small, intense show consisting of 43 paintings and 27 prints and photographs. Famous Painting It's designed to invite audiences to look again at paintings that have become so familiar. "Looking with a fresh point of view is to get rid of extra baggage and discarding that and realizing there's miles to go," said exhibition curator Joe Rishel. Flower Painting
Take van Gogh's famous sunflowers in a vase, for instance. Boats Painting It's the first painting you see in the show.