post impressionism

The Power of Art episode 6 – Van Gogh explores the profound paradox of an artist who, at the peak of his creative power, took his own life. Just weeks after completing Wheatfield with Crows, a painting that would become a cornerstone of modern art, Vincent Van Gogh was dead. He was painting prolifically, a picture a day, and had just sold his first work and been hailed as a genius.