Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

Saying Goodbye to Amsterdam

I leave tomorrow for Southern Holland. I will try to update again if I have a chance. I spent another day in the library today, and had a lovely time interacting with my contact there – I couldn’t possibly have been treated better or given more help. It was a joy. I wanted to share […]

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Mon, August 10 2009 » Personal, Research, Travel » 1 Comment

The Van Gogh Museum

(photo by Tim Caldwell) Spent seven hours at the museum today… yes, seven. I suppose one of them was spent eating in their cafe — it’s so nice that they have reasonable prices there, I will probably eat there again. So yes, four hours went by in a flash; really, I’m not kidding. It took four […]

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Thu, August 6 2009 » Research, Travel » 2 Comments

Yellow Road Trip

In March 2009, I did my first research trip. I realized that there were plenty of Vincent’s paintings in the US if one just knew where to look. And so I visited the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT), the Museum of Art (Providence, RI), the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA), the […]

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Thu, July 30 2009 » Research, Travel » No Comments