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Why Does Vincent van Gogh Still Fascinate the World Today?
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May 28, 2025
More than 100 years after his death, Vincent van Gogh continues to capture hearts and imaginations across the globe. His paintings break records, his face is instantly recognizable, and even those with little art knowledge know his name. What makes Van Gogh’s art and life so enduring and unforgettable? Listen now to explore why the world still can’t get enough of Vincent van Gogh. Read more here: 👉 https://anitalouiseart.com/vincent-van-gogh-why-the-world-still-cant-get-enough/ #VincentVanGogh #VanGoghArt #ArtHistory #FamousArtists #AnitaLouiseArt #VanGoghLegacy #ArtPodcast #VanGoghPaintings Anita Louise Art is a blog and a YouTube channel about all things to do with art. Check out our blogs at https://anitalouiseart.com/ We would also love to hear from you!
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hi this is Anita with Five Minutes with
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Art one of my favorite artists by far is
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Vincent Van
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Gogh and you know the question I'm
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asking I'm guessing all of you is
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Vincent Van Gogh why the world can't get
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enough of him and there's some reasons
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why I think that the world is so
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fascinated with him if you looked on
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Google Trends or if you did a search on
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Google a lot of times you would see
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Vincent Van Go's name come up as some of
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one of the great artists he's always up
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there usually in the top two or three
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because people are searching for him
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they're fascinated by him they they want
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to know more about him and his story i
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think part of it is because his life
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reads like a fiction you know here is a
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guy who he spent time in asylums he died
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from a self-inflicted gunshot wound he
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really was sort of a tragic character
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during his lifetime he you know cut off
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his own ear he you know had mental
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problems he you know really was somebody
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whose whose life is very fascinating and
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interesting but not only that is his his
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own style of his artwork his brush work
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you know that breaks the rules like he
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really had a unique style in his brush
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work he broke the rules of the
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convention during the time you know in
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an area when realism and you know steel
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had a firm grip on European art he chose
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expressionism over accuracy and so you
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know this is one reason why he he you
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know appealed so much to the world today
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he didn't paint what he literally saw he
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paint how he saw it or how he felt so
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there's a lot of emotion in it like if
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you look at his paintings like the
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starry night you know it's it's you know
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this really is um considered one of the
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great
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masterpieces but yet at the same time
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that you know it's not really like you
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know a night sky that's realistic it's a
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night sky as he saw it it's his
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perceived way that he saw it during the
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time you know he has art that sort of
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speaks to outsiders even to people that
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you know at the time you know people who
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maybe didn't understand him even though
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at the time of his life you know he
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failed as an art dealer a teacher a
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preacher um he failed in selling his art
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he didn't sell any of his art he was an
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unsuccessful artist he you know didn't
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really find a place in the world people
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didn't really like him he was kind of
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considered a little bit oddball you know
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he talked about his loneliness he didn't
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really have a lot of friends and um you
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know he was broke he was unstable and he
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was isolated he was all of those things
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that maybe so many people feel today so
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a lot of people may have a lot of
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compassion towards him he had a legacy
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which actually grew with time you know
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he's very well known because he only
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sold like one painting in his lifetime
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but at the same time his legacy grew
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over time he now has a very you know
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famous and popular museum in Amsterdam
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dedicated just to him and to his art
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it's hard to see his art you know in
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many places around the world because art
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his art has been harder to get but it's
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very very extremely popular you know
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museums that have it really prize having
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a piece of one of his works of art and
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this is really thanks to his
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sister-in-law Joan Boner that she's
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really the one who really understood the
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value of his art you know six months
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after Van Gogh passed away his beloved
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brother Theo had been sporting and
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passed away after Van Gogh died his art
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all went to Theo and of course then to
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Theo's widow Joanne Bonger and so she's
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really the one that saw the value in
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this you know she actually ended up
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moving back to Holland from Paris she
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had a young child you know that was you
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know without a father and she could have
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just said you know who wants this art
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and she could have just like thrown it
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away but she didn't she saw the value of
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it and she's the one who's really
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credited to helping make Van Go be as
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famous today still today even for the
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Van Go Museum the Van Go family is still
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part of that museum and um you know
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still very much active in preserving the
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legacy of Vincent Van Go the other thing
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that made Vincent Van Go very popular
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and this has again to do with his um
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sister-in-law was the power of the
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letter where him and his brother wrote a
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lot of letters back and forth she
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preserved them she published them she
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made sure that the world knew about them
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they didn't really hide the fact of of
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some of his issues and problems in fact
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they sort of embraced it in a way to
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show people this is what it was and I
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think that a lot of people are relate to
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Vincent Van Go because he's a bit of a
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mirror for our own time that maybe you
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know here's somebody who's endured
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hardship isolationism and other things
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like that but still at the same time
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he's still considered a great artist you
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know he his story is kind of one of
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suffering and endurance and and making
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it through if you'd like to be able to
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read more about Vincent Van Go and to be
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able to learn more about his life I've
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written a blog post
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entitled Vincent Van Go Why the World
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Still Can't Get Enough and we'll put a
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link in the description below so that if
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you'd like to be able to read more of
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that and see some of his artwork you can
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actually read more about him he truly is
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a wonderful and a fascinating artist and
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someone whose life and legacy and art is
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worth studying and understanding this is
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Anita from Five Minutes with Art we hope
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