Lecture | Something on High: Van Gogh, Nature and the Seasons – Sjraar van Heugten | NGV International

Something on High: Van Gogh, Nature and the Seasons

Sjraar van Heugten

Vincent van Gogh A wheatfield, with cypresses early September 1889 Saint-Rémy oil on canvas 72.1 x 90.9 cm F 615, JH 1755 National Gallery, London Bought, Courtauld Fund, 1923 (NG3861) © The National Gallery, London Photo: The National Gallery, London

Vincent van Gogh A wheatfield, with cypresses early September 1889 Saint-Rémy oil on canvas 72.1 x 90.9 cm F 615, JH 1755 National Gallery, London Bought, Courtauld Fund, 1923 (NG3861) © The National Gallery, London Photo: The National Gallery, London

Date: Saturday 29th April 2017, 2pm 

Venue: Clemenger BBDO AUditorium, NGV International

Tickets $16 M / $20 A / $18 C (Book here http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program/something-on-high/)

The seasons had profound meaning for Vincent van Gogh: they represented the circle of life within nature – birth, bloom, maturity and death. For the artist, this ongoing cycle represented the greatness of nature and the existence of a higher force.

Celebrate the opening weekend of Van Gogh and the Seasons as exhibition curator Sjraar van Heugten explores Van Gogh’s love of nature in both his life and work and the role of the seasons in his oeuvre.

Sjraar van Heugten is an independent art historian and former Head of Collections at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Sjraar joined the Van Gogh Museum in 1988 working in the curatorial department and was then Head of Collections from 1999 until 2010. He regularly presents lectures on Van Gogh in Europe, the USA and Japan and has published widely including catalogues on the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh: Master Draughtsman (2005) and Avant-Gardes 1870 to the Present. The Collection of the Triton Foundation (2012).

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