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Article: STUDIO SESSIONS VENTURE INTO THE PECULIAR WORLDS OF VAN GOGH AND GAUGUIN IN THIS EXTENSIVE EXHIBITION.(SHOWCASE)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- November 25, 2001
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Byline: Amanda Henry Wisconsin State Journal
CHICAGO -- If Disneyland had a Post-Impressionist ride, it would be hard-pressed to compete with the Art Institute's current blockbuster exhibition, "Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South."
Meticulously researched and beautifully presented, the show does everything but transport visitors to southern France, where in 1888 the two legendary artists spent nine weeks working side by side. Included in the exhibition are correspondence and sketches dating from before and after the sojourn in Arles; a reconstruction of the studio itself; and, most importantly, a chronological array of paintings that evoke ...