25: Vincent van Gogh • At Eternity's Gate (Madness, Genius, & Tragedy: Part 4)
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I Lost My Husband, My Theo
Joanna is a woman dipping her toes into the male dominated art industry of the 18 nineties. She has no experience, but educates herself and starts to gain respect in the art world. After more than a dozen gallery showings, local newspaper articles begin to mention a recent vincent van go exhibit and the tragic story that is tied to it. It is around this time that she begins to develop a new obsession as well, translating vincent and theo's many letters. Joanna contacts galleries and museums. The museums want nothing to do with an unknown painter like v Vincent even if he already completed a substantial body of work,. 900 paint so she starts small, just a small gallery
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