Vincent's Yellow

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

Kroller-Muller Museum

So, today I went to the Kroller-Muller Museum. It is in Arnhem, in Gelderland. Yes, that does sound oddly like something from Princess Bride, but that’s part of its charm. I wish I could upload photos right now from my camera, hopefully I will be able to tomorrow, because WOW what an experience. Firstly, I […]

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Tue, August 11 2009 » Personal, Research, Travel » 2 Comments

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

Research…

(photo by Tim Caldwell) I learned many, many things today in my research, but one particular thing is that Vincent liked olives. During one visit to his brother, in the last few months of his life, he bought olives every day and more or less forced his brother and his sister-in-law to eat them. I […]

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Fri, August 7 2009 » Personal, Research » No Comments