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In a life of only thirty-seven years, Vincent Van Gogh managed to paint some of the most unforgettable paintings of the modern era: “Sunflowers,” “Starry Night,” and “The Yellow House.” Join us for a journey through the world of Vincent: the early years in a small Dutch town where his father was a minister and his mother was a painter, the exciting Paris years when the unknown young man from Holland came to Montmartre and met all the great painters of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Degas, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne. And then the explosion of creativity in the southern French city of Arles with Gauguin at his side: the olive orchards, the iris fields, the beautiful farms with their rows of yellow wheat. Come marvel at the life and work of the troubled genius who had only one documented painting sale in his lifetime, but whose work is among the most valued art in the world today.
William H. Fredlund, the Director of the Institute, obtained his B.A. and M.A. from UCLA, where he specialized in European history and art history. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and completed a double Ph.D. in history and humanities at Stanford, specializing in Renaissance Italy. Dr. Fredlund has taught for UCLA, the University of Florence, Stanford, and UCSC Extension.
