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Ann Donald (?–1993; his death; 1 child) James Donald (18 May 1917 – 3 August 1993) was a Scottish actor. [ 1 ] Tall and thin, he specialised in playing authority figures, particularly military doctors.
The most comprehensive primary source on Van Gogh is his correspondence with his younger brother, Theo.Their lifelong friendship, and most of what is known of Vincent's thoughts and theories of art, are recorded in the hundreds of letters they exchanged from 1872 until 1890. [8]
A number of events in Gauguin's life led to the object's creation. During November and December of the previous year, he lived with van Gogh in Arles. The objective had been to found an artists' commune. Van Gogh greatly admired Gauguin, and desperately wanted to be treated as his equal.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series which tells the stories behind great works of art; 29 episodes of the series were broadcast on BBC Two, commencing on 8 December 2001 and ending on 25 December 2010. It initially ran for five seasons from 8 December 2001 to 17 April 2006, for a total of 22 episodes; each episode ...
Van Gogh, who struggled with poverty and mental illness for most of his life, is regarded as a famous example of the tortured artist. A tortured artist is a stock character and stereotype who is in constant torment due to frustrations with art, other people, or the world in general.
Unspeakable Acts (1990) – biographical drama television film telling the story of child psychologists Dr. Laurie and Joseph Braga and their involvement in one of the worst child sex abuse scandals in the U.S [77] Vincent & Theo (1990) – biographical drama film about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, an art dealer [78]
A 2011 novel for young adults, Journal d'Adeline: un été avec Van Gogh by art historian Marie Sellier, is the imagined diary of Adeline Ravoux, daughter of the landlord at the inn where Van Gogh spent his last months. In the British science fiction series Doctor Who, van Gogh is portrayed by Scottish actor Tony Curran.
Harris moved to England in 1952 [5] and became an art student at City and Guilds of London Art School in South London, aged 22. In 1953 he found work in television, at the BBC, performing a regular ten-minute cartoon drawing section in a one-hour children's show called Jigsaw, with a puppet called "Fuzz", made and operated on the show by magician Robert Harbin.