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In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles - Currently Unavailable
Examines the work of Dutch painter Vincent
van Gogh (1853-1890) during the most productive period of his brief artistic
life: the months between February 1888 and May 1889 that he spent in Arles,
France. During his 444 days there, he produced some two hundred paintings
and one hundred drawings, inspired by the light and colors of Provence.
Ronald Pickvance, guest curator of the "van Gogh in Arles" exhibition
held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in 1984, explores
in depth several of van Gogh's most famous works, including the portraits
of the Roulin family, The Night Café, and van Gogh's
Bedroom. He describes other major works of the Arles period--The
Harvest, Boats on the Beach, and The Sunflowers--and
introduces paintings from private collections rarely reproduced before,
such as The Flowering Garden. All major paintings were filmed from
the original canvases. Also portrays the daily life of Arles in van Gogh's
day and in our own, showing shepherds, the harvest, sunflowers, and the
brilliant light of Provence. Narrated by actor Edward Herrmann. Made on
location in the Netherlands and in southern France.Curator's Comments: Cinematography is superb: filming from original paintings (rather than transparencies) allows extreme close-ups of brushstrokes that seem to take us into the paintings. It's interesting to visit the locales that van Gogh painted, although some of the cutaways to the local scenery seem superfluous. DATE: 1984 COUNTRY: United States CREDITS: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: TOPICS:
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