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Van Gogh drawings exhibit

Still haven't been able to make it up to the exhibition of Van Gogh drawings at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The show will only be there until Dec. 31, 2005. Have contemplated taking one of the discount buses that leave from DC, but just haven't found the time; maybe in December. In the meantime I'll have to settle for the book of drawings that was given to me, or the online images from the show at the Vincent Van Gogh Gallery.

It's been enlightening to see the many pen and ink and graphite landscapes. I've been familiar with his paintings and pencil and charcoal drawings, but not the landscapes. Most were executed on 15"x20" paper. Many were done using simple reed pens. The strokes are bold and they contrast with the many textures produced using the pen point.

posted by Bruce Wright at 12:14 PM #

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