In many ways, it is in Antwerp that Vincent begins the remarkable evolution that will ultimately make him one of the most important painters in modern art. Explore his journey at the Antwerp Academy, where he slowly sheds the darkness of Hague and begins to play with light and color.
\nDid you know how much the Impressionist movement in Paris depended on Vincent\u2019s brother, Theo? Find out the truth behind Theo\u2019s enormous influence in promoting and establishing the movement and bringing together the Impressionist artists of the day, with scenes from Jean-Pierre Isbouts\u2019 television drama Manet in Love.
\nWhat would you do if a difficult relative dropped in without warning and announced they would be living with you from now on? Learn how Theo manages the situation when Vincent arrives in Paris, and revel in the way that Vincent inhales the wonderful new movements of Montmartre. By the 1880s, the Impressionists have slowly begun to drift apart after the deaths of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bazille and \u00c9douard Manet. Follow Vincent\u2019s journey as he immerses himself in the artist life and absorbs all he can from the artists around him in friendship and work, such as Seurat, Bernard, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
\nHaving exhausted all he could learn in Paris, Vincent travels to what he refers to as \u201chis Japan,\u201d or Arles, France\u2014living in his famed \u201cYellow House.\u201d It is here that he begins to move beyond Impressionism and matures into his own style. Although his Yellow House was destroyed in World War II, modern 3-D animation shows us what it looked like. As he settles down in Arles and opens himself to the power of bold, primary colors to evoke emotion, Vincent begins to feel the need for the companionship he had in Paris. Which of his artist friends will eventually agree to move to Arles and live with him in his Yellow House?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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