Lecture 'The Concept of Creativity and Mental Health' by Laura Prins

To accompany the major exhibition Van Gogh in Auvers. His Final Months, the Van Gogh Museum organised a Study Day on 5 July 2023, followed by a Symposium on 6 July.
Laura Prins, PhD Researcher & Lecturer at Amsterdam UMC, presented The Concept of Creativity and Mental Health in the 19th Century, from the perspective of medical doctors who wished to understand the unfathomableness of the (genius) human mind, and from the perspective of artists such as Delacroix and Van Gogh, who had to deal with the real pressure of creativity.