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Simon Schama's Power of Art

Van Gogh (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Simon sketches how Vincent Van Gogh was foremost a world-improver, who cared for the common man, working as a 'lay priest' among but got fired by the Dutch Protestant establishment at age 30, and only then turned to painting as a means of ...See moreSimon sketches how Vincent Van Gogh was foremost a world-improver, who cared for the common man, working as a 'lay priest' among but got fired by the Dutch Protestant establishment at age 30, and only then turned to painting as a means of continuing his social strife for the poor, while depending on his brother, who became an art gallery-keeper in Paris, for his meager livelihood, as his works' dark themes and colors didn't sell in the colorful, light-focused age of impressionism, yet made his mark on it after a visit to Paris, without becoming fashionable till long after his death in a mental asylum. Written by KGF Vissers See less
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Director
David Belton
Writer
Simon Schama
Producer
David Belton
Composer
David Julyan
Cinematographer
Tim Cragg
Casting Director
Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Production Designer
Astrid Sieben
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 24, 2006
Release date
Nov 24, 2006 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
3 wins & 4 nominations

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