Gauguin was an inferior painter and an inferior swordsman, but he got Van Gogh's pussy, so you decide......

This story has been around forever, why is it making news now?

That's no shot at you Dave, but the possibility of Gauguin being the cutter is far older then any one of us.

reminds me of a song...

Nanc -

Such a gorgeous song - and of course the art needs no praise from me. I'd seen the video before - and it still chokes me up.

Forget 'American Pie' - IMHO, 'Vincent' was McLean's moment of genius. I saw him perform it last year, outdoors, with an orchestra.

This is what happens if you allow gay marriage.....

well I know how he feels.. I also suffer for my art.
I have been celebate for some time now and all in the name of working on my art...

And yes, CBOB, you're right. We all love "American Pie", but "Vincent" is genius.

Gauguin created some beautiful paintings when he was in Tahiti. It must have been paradise then before the Europeans ruined it. One painting hanging in The National Museum in DC is of a woman who looks hauntingly like the love of my life.

Fuckwad,

Gauguin was one of those Europeans that ruined Tahiti.

News flash!! It's too late to bring charges against him.

Vincint had better let it go (pardon the pun). Paul could have cut off his wee-wee and stuffed it in his mouth... sort of a "to go" order.

Q: Why did Van Gogh cot off his ear & mail it to his girlfriend?
A: He hadn't heard form her in a while.

Q: Why was Van Gogh committed to an insane asylum?
A: Because he claimed that, someday, his paintings would be priceless.

I wonder what type of impression this revelation will leave on the art world?

Thankfully Gauguin created beautuful renderings of what paradise was like in Tahiti before it was ruined. If he had cut Van Goghs head off instead of his ear, it still would have meant nothing. Gauguin could have put the madman out of his misery.

FWTHOM-
What the hell do you have against van Gogh, and why do you idolize "Gauguin"?

Do you know anything about Gauguin, or his life?

Do you know anything about Gauguin, or his life?

Boyd does. He just googled him

I knew he abandoned his family, and so I wondered why someone would dump on van Gogh and champion Gauguin.

BTW, Goatman, what did I do to you? Why have you become this rabid lunatic who attacks certain posters?

You weren't once this way.

Can I take a guess? Since he is an artist, he probably prefers his art over Van Goghs. His personal life is irrelevant.

Do you judge artists by their family life, or by their work, boyd?

Why have you become this rabid lunatic who attacks certain posters?

to paraphrase Karl Childers:

They needed attackin'

By their work. Van Gogh was a genius. I wondered about FWTHOM's comment because FWTHOM is a rabid racist, and so I guess I wondered about his affinity for a man who abandoned his family to live on an island and screw the native chicks.

It just made me curious, Goat.

Goat-
But that's all you do now, and someone doesn't need to attack you first.

OK. Let's get off the attack thing then.

So do you judge artists by their work or their personal life?

So do you judge artists by their work or their personal life?

Both...so often their work is a result of their personal life and one must know one to fully understand the other. Picasso is a great example of that.

Both...so often their work is a result of their personal life and one must know one to fully understand the other. Picasso is a great example of that.

I can't say I know the personal life of any artist whose works I admire. Salvador Dali is one of my favorites. I don't know shit about his personal life except his wife was named Gala. All I know is his works are awesome. (And I wish the Museum of modern art in DC had more than one of his paintings on exhibit.)

I am not saying one cannot enjoy art without knowing about the artist, but that one gets more out of art by knowing about the artist...same with books, music, or film.

So do you judge artists by their work or their personal life?

#25 | Posted by goatman

A question I have is how did he allege FWTHOM as a racist being relevant to FWTHOM's liking one over the other.Unless he thinks Gauguin is a racist also,which is entirely out of context to THOM's original statement.

rwd

RWD-
Based on his (FWTHOM's) previous statements about blacks, dumbass.

Ask him.

Adios blog.

The reason for my affinity for Dauguin is that he created beautiful paintings of Tahiti as paradise before the Europeans ruined it and he painted a wonderful rendering of a Tahitian woman who hauntingly looks like the love of my life. He also lived the life we all dream about in paradise for awhile.

Van Gogh's works are not relevent as was his life.

WHO GIVES A SHIT.