CONTEMPORANEITY
An exhihition that highlights the Dutch artist's
penchant for repeating images prompts
new thoughts on his relevance in the 21st century.
hy Michael Lohel
CURRENTLY ON
VIEWVanGogh
Repetitions," at the
Cleveland Museum
of Art, through
May 25.
MICHAEL
LOBEL is a
professor of art
history at Purchase
College, State
University of
New York. See
Contributors page.
MAY 2014
Vincent van
Gogh: The Large
Plane Trees (Road
Menders at SaintRimy), 1889, oil on
fahric, 28% by 36V8
inches. Cleveland
Museum of Art.
Weaver, 1884,
pencil, pen, ink
and watercolor
on paper, 12 by
16 inches. Van
Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam.
MAY 2014
VAN GOGH
VAN GOGH
120
MAY 2014
VAN GOGH
Le Moulin de la
Galette, 1886,
oil on canvas, 15
by 181/4 inches.
Nationalgalerie,
Staatliche Museen,
Berlin.
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