Episode 16: Vincent Van Gogh’s Postman Joseph Roulin (1888)

“I should like to put my appreciation, the love I have for him, into the picture. So I will paint him as he is, as faithfully as I can—to begin with. But that is not the end of the picture.”
— Vincent Van Gogh

You've just had a manic break, cut off a piece of your ear, and gifted it to a prostitute. Who ya gonna call? Your get-a-grip postman friend, of course!

Episode webpage: http://bit.ly/41w4Usz

Images:
-Vincent Van Gogh, "Postman Joseph Roulin" (1888)
-Examples of ear-obsessed Van Gogh slingers
-Van Gogh, “The Night Café” (1888)
-Van Gogh, "Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle" (1889)
-Van Gogh, "Portrait of Postman Joseph Roulin" (April 1888)
-Van Gogh, "Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin and Baby Marcelle" (1888)
-Van Gogh, "Armand Roulin" (c. 1888); "Camille" (c. 1888); "Portrait of Marcelle Roulin" (1888)
-Paul Cezanne's "Fruit and Jug on a Table" (c. 1890-94)
-John Singer Sargent's The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882)

Music used:
-The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
-The Blue Dot Sessions, "Step In Step Out", "Scratcher", "Over the Fence", "Scalloped", "On Belay"
-Lee Rosevere, "Curiosity"
-Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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