To be fair, Van Gogh often said that his depression got in the way of his painting, and caused him to be less productive
Gotta go get some lead poisoning on top of the depression…
Another visual effect in Van Gogh’s paintings is the halo swirling effect as seen in his painting, The Starry Night. It has been suggested that he may have suffered from lead poisoning, caused by the use of lead-based paints used at that time. One visual symptom of lead poisoning is the swelling of the retina, causing a halo effect around lights. Others have suggested that Van Gogh suffered from narrow angle glaucoma attacks which can also cause colored halos. Of course, cataracts cause halos around lights at night but since Van Gogh committed suicide at the early age of 37, it is unlikely that he had cataracts.
https://www.theeyeassociates.com/van-goghs-eyesight-and-how-it-may-have-influenced-his-paintings/
Old school painters got it from licking paintbrushes, but there’s faster ways if you’re in a hurry
Why are they even assuming he actually saw the world the way his paintings depict things?
Well, that’s easy!
All joking aside, fascinating info.
Creating the starry night was a high price for cutting off an ear, and spending two days dying of a self inflicted gun shot.
He had a troubled life. Some times averaging a painting a day! It must not have been fun being him
There is actually some good evidence to suggest that it was self inflicted. But your broad point stands.
Yeah wikipedia states that too, but I remember reading it at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. A very interesting place for sure!
Unfortunately, they are often the same one.
Yeah, Vincent had just as many no-hands bagel days as he did Starry Night days. If not way more.
Na, I don’t think he had any bagels, all he had was bagets which are probably easier to eat with no hands.
Maybe cutting off an ear would help… 🤔
