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Article: GO VAN GOGH! DUTCH ART MASTER DRAWS THOUSANDS OF ADMIRERS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 18, 1999
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Byline: Anthony Breznican Associated Press
Vincent van Gogh looked a little surprised.
The painter stared with a bemused eye from his ``Self-Portrait as an Artist'' as nearly 4,000 starry-eyed admirers clutched $24 tickets for the opening of ``Van Gogh's Van Goghs'' Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Though the troubled, lonely artist sold few paintings during his life, this exhibit has brought him rock star-like status despite the absence of popular works such as ``The Starry Night'' and van Gogh's famous still-life flowers.
``I wanted to see those famous ones, but this show is beautiful,'' said Mary Ann Downs, 40, of ...