Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

This week’s topic is going to be the recent exhibition at MoMA entitled Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night. I have been to this charming exhibition four times, and I am excited to write about it. It is a very small display – 25 or so of his paintings, some drawings and letters, and some of his books – but it includes some major works along with some surprising works that are probably not often seen outside of their homes in permanent collections around the world.

The first two rooms of the exhibition include some works from the early part of his career that bear almost no resemblance to his later paintings but are quite lovely in their own right, and I will blog about these works tomorrow.

On Wednesday I will blog about the persons in some of these paintings.

On Thursday I will write about Van Gogh’s use of color in these paintings.

And Friday I will leave open, either for some more writing about this exhibition, or for something pulled out of a hat.