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Article: The starry testament to Vincent van Gogh.(THE ARTS)
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- The World and I
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- November 1, 2008
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How things change! Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), in his angst-stricken life, managed to sell only one painting.
Now the sale of a van Gogh painting becomes an international event, as selling prices soar into the multi-millions of dollar. A museum named for him in Amsterdam shows his work exclusively. In 2005 more than 1,417,000 visitors came to this Van Gogh Museum. A bare 45 miles away, another museum, the KroellerMoeller in Otterloo, proudly shows more of his masterpieces, as do some 250 museums across the globe.
What brought this transformation about? To answer the question, let's backtrack a little and look at van Gogh's life, because knowing his ...