New technology creates unique view of famous Van Gogh painting

[@catherinemccullough299]

I was in Amsterdam a few weeks ago and toured a Van Gogh museum. It was such a privilege to see his paintings up close, they were absolutely stunning. It was a wonderful experience, also a visit to Rembrandt’s house, fascinating!

[@greentravels2850]

I visited the same museum several years back, 'Wheatfield with Crows' was one of my favorites! The Rijksmuseum just across the way has a few more works of his.

[@donmcallister3745]

A few years back I was at an exhibition of VanGogh’s pencil sketches… studies for paintings… then standing alone there was a single self portrait… you could see those blue eyes staring out at you… the colors were so vibrant… and you could literally “ see” the brush strokes in the painting… it was very surreal to see right in front of me… to stand in front of something Vincent had created himself… so glad I got to see it… always loved his work… Such a tragic life… but he left such amazing work…

[@elxsound]

Any chance that was the Drawings exhibit a the MET in NYC? That was my favorite exhibit and I’m happy I grabbed the book (which is now freely available as a PDF from the MET’s site).

[@donmcallister3745]

@elxsound. Actually if I’m not mistaken it was at the former Whitney Museum… at the old location… lots of pencil and charcoal sketches… some in letters to his brother Theo… very impressive… but the color self portrait stopped me in my tracks… very moving… to see

[@judithscobee8102]

I saw the Van Gough showing in Los Angeles awhile back and it was amazing! Up close and personal! I noticed in Irises, one small spot on lower left was left unpainted (perhaps he ran out of paint to pain it in, it shows the canvas)!

[@greenbyrd3665]

"And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told you Vincent, This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you" (Don McLean) 😔

[@sarahowen56]

My very favorite Don McLean song. I've struggled with depression most of my life and this song kept me going through some of my darkest moments.

[@mindymorgan8479]

Beautiful 😊

[@garylefevers]

Tupoc's favorite song. As if the world needed proof of the genius of all the men.

[@garylefevers]

Teri Woolum LeFevers

[@lindagardenlady]

​@sarahowen56 sorry to hear of your struggle... glad this song resonated! I also have loved it forever ❤❤❤ I have loved this painting forever and would love to see it one day. Lots of love to you

[@justinmechanic17]

I used to work at the Getty and people would come all the way from China and India just to see it in person. They would bring magnifying glasses and really look at this painting sometimes for 40 or 50 minutes. I don't think people realize thats one reason why they never took it down.

[@Alex.smiffy]

I was fortunate to visit the Van Gogh exhibit in San Francisco with my Camp Fire Girl group back in the 1960's I remember being absolutely stunned. I am sure my feelings about art and its importance in my life began on that day.

[@YodaMasterOfTheUniverse]

This is how science and tech should be used with art. Props to all the staff of The Getty Center.

[@lindagardenlady]

They look like they really enjoy what they do! Fascinating

[@ferrisulf]

Very well done segment. This was very interesting to see what his original vision was.

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

Van Gogh is one of my very favorites. I first became aware of him when I was in 8th grade. ❤

[@cyndykated358]

Last summer I went to a great Van Gogh exhibit in Montibello CA. None of his real work was there but visuals done in a modern way. One part was a huge room covered in his work that kept moving and changing even across the floor. The best part (for a bit extra $$)…a VR experience where u entered his paintings. I almost fell off stool! You were floating through cafes..fields…etc. I hope he is watching all this.❤

[@estebancollinos8807]

What do you mean he is watching all this? He's dead.

[@griffinoconnor1523]

That Van Gogh exhibit was entirely so people could take photos for Instagram. Pretty lame tbh

[@opera93]

Well…..none of “ real”………? Admittedly, images ok……..I out a lot of presence into my creations, etc..

[@Scott-jf1nh]

There are only 2 permanent red pigments. Vermillion and cadmium red. Cadmium red was not invented in Van Gogh’s time. Vermillion is very opaque but could have been used. It is made from sulfur and mercury. Historically vermillion is the red in painting human flesh. Van Gogh preferred a more transparent red which is not permanent but very beautiful to use. this was a very interesting video. The Getty has the resources to be one of the best technical museums in the world. This is a wonderful example of that. A project well worth the time and money!

[@wendybutler1681]

Revering the art of the past, even primitive art, is one on the finer traits of modern humanity.

[@jaredharris1940]

My favorite artist!

[@wendybutler1681]

I got goose bumps when narrator said the title of the exhibit.

[@koreakim693]

This is so well filmed and put together

[@alanjameson8664]

A year or two ago I saw a video about another Van Gogh painting the colors of which did not look right. It turned out that the red pigment, which was used extensively, was a notably less expensive one that was not light-fast. When the red color was restored by computer, the picture looked tremendously better. If VG used the same inexpensive red paint to make purple, it would have changed to blue over time.

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

Love this informative segment

[@snatched.8135]

I really wish Van Gogh was here to see how important to society his art is. He died thinking he was a failure😒

[@amandatrayes5272]

An example of a great use of technology.

[@julienporisse9902]

Truly remarkable painter. Prolific, great compositions in all his work. Anyone who aspires to become a painter needs to study VVG, to see his paintings in reality, and if possible, visit the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, the Kröller-Müller near Arnhem, Orsay and the Metropolitan NYC. There are numerous films about him and his tormented life in Holland, Belgium, England and France. One will find that his paintings are not two dimensional, nor are they three dimensional… they are immersive. The viewer can enter into his wonderland

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

The best part of Van Gogh genius is that he knew how worthy his works will become...a century later on. During his miserable lifetime, only his brother was the one to encourage him and believe in his talent and buy him the colors so he could...catch the beauty of landscapes like nobody else. Beyong crops, clouds or flowers, he was so gifted to paint the wind, the waves, the empathy among vegetals, the Sun rays and shadows, the light and ...lack of light or glittering reflexes. He was amazing. It's not casual that in the end, he have lost his minds due to the fact, he was much too modern for his ages and nobody understood his genius nature. Nobody wanted to believe in him. Van Gogh is the best kind of guy capable to teach anyone, no matter what people say, if you don't believe in yourself, nobody will do it. He knew some day, he will be worthy like most important artists. Still, trying to study deeply the ... feelings he used to put colors on canvas is ...another way to make you lose your minds of delight, his genius beyond his madness or.. maybe he was so talented because of his mental disorder. You could never notice those iris flowers tiny details without him to show it. Try to imagine him painting, of how he was like rather blinded, watching the lanscape and find the proper color on canvas to copy the real life. Now we have pictures, computers catch milions of pixels but it's lifeless, his paintings instead are like you expect those flowers to caress you and give you the next sensation on skin. A genius artists could never be so if not sharing his huge fortune with the others, poor Van Gogh he lost his minds in the end, such a tragedy losing such a great guy. Those ages back...sick minded ones you know, a lot of people used to say, they are posessed by demons, they used to believe in prejudices that dealing with a mad artist your family could get the contagion. Van Gogh was too modern for his ages, therefore if any other artist of our times feel like.. not fit for the audience, you are not alone, you don't have to give up believe in your genius nature when nobody wants you because...some day, a century later on, they might pick up their minds. Van Gogh paintings became very precious after WW2 ended... because fascist bullies loved to burglar everything and anything from Jews all over the Europe, mostly Netherlands or France. Van Gogh paintings became famous because Nazis stole them...wish you check if it's true or not because.. yeah, always a Jews very sad story once again 😢😢😢

[@henrylivingstone2971]

…….wtf

[@guslevy3506]

Cocaine’s a helluva drug…

[@Mirovanje12]

There was one glaring omission: an explanation for the change in color of the irises from the original purple to the current blue. Given the detailed study of the painting, I would have thought that would have been an obvious topic to address. In the end, I was disappointed,

[@zzRider]

That was an interesting segment!

[@DavidGatto]

It's like fully understanding the make-up scheme of a beauty, to better appreciate the Artists vision. One of the greatest works I've seen, when it was housed at the Getty Villa.

[@greentravels2850]

@4:06 A grasshopper leg was found in 'Olive Trees', Van Gogh, 1889, by a conservator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, MO back in 2017. I'm sure it happens quite a bit, especially for artists who work outside, but still an interesting little piece of trivia.

[@josephinebennington7247]

It’s not Van Go. It’s Gogh with a definite pronunciation of the gh. Like Gock but the ck is softened.

[@ellechance2344]

Maybe it’s my screen but the side-by-sides looked so similar I had to replay a 4th time to begin to detect any color difference

[@theck672]

Lovely story… thank you 🙏

[@comicart1st]

The hair style she has was a work of art. Likey. A good job!

[@SadieMccollough-mf3jl]

Confused. Why all the research and speculation as to color and the foreign object, when the answers were right outside the hospital? Did nobody think of checking the actual location?

[@Ovprksdnw]

Real-life irises outside the hospital where Van Gogh stayed may have been purple, but it doesn't mean he MEANT to paint them as purple. Research needed to be done to discover his true intention

[@Mimi-ry4dt]

I wondered also, and then thought of irises I've had in gardens that changed colors, or shades, over the years - due to changes in the soil.

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Saw iris in cali before fire. Live in oklahoma, now. Breathtaking.

[@judycowan1566]

so what did you find?…the only thing you talked about was how excited you are

[@Bink62]

They show what they learned. What didn’t you understand?

[@victoriar2697]

I'd like to know why the color was changed. Even if they don't know - maybe throw in that educated guess they mentioned ... I'm with you - too much fluff, not enough information.

[@TerryInUSA]

This video doesn’t say what it was that they saw with technology. What did they see, looking through those eye pieces, that made them realize something about the original color?

[@Scott-jf1nh]

A little piece of the actual plants that littered the ground in the exact location the painting was made was discovered to be stuck into the paint and is part of the art itself. Really cool. However, You are right. It had no relation to the violet color, except when they went there, you could see the violet color of their irises. They are not blue. The red faded away.

[@theck672]

Thank you 🙏 for this information!

[@lilcrazyart8306]

Love his art

[@pggysu]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@shoshannafachima1306]

Exciting to say the least,absolutely fabulous research methodology!

[@dad102]

Very cool. I haven't been back to the Getty since back when it first opened.

[@gailtucker294]

Somehow, I don't think his work is about the art.... To me.. It seems to be about emotions.

[@viviancovington7813]

Super cool 😎 😊❤👨‍🎨🖌️🎨🖼️

[@IngridSaybe]

Thank you so much.

[@mollymaybach4806]

So cool

[@donutdomination139]

Purple

[@majesea]

Very cool❤

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

Wow. Would that I could see the exhibit in person. Another reason to hate being trapped, in texas.

[@creative_mindsrus1541]

If you're an adult you're not "trapped" anywhere.

[@thefunhouse-jayburchfinear7617]

As a painter myself this all seems li,e speculation and a waste of time. At least they got a trip to France out of it.

[@lesleyM84]

restoring my faith in at least this part of sacred souls at the Getty.. what a remarkable endeavor with such epically fascinating, educationing (😁) results!! LOVE IT

[@vincentmarotta9800]

Normal People: "Oh this is fantastic. They even used technology to re-create what the color would've looked like!" Artists: "THEY CAN 3D PRINT PAINTINGS NOW!!? AAAHHHHH!!!"

[@adamhuffman3354]

Fascinating. What else did He hide in the paint?

[@Pharoset]

That guy at the beginning has one bizarre accent. It sounds like a mixture of several different countries.

[@lucky1u]

That's a job!? Where do I sign up?

[@MsAston007]

Bravo

[@Jerobeam-fv2do]

It would be nice if the researchers would check the other unknown/lost till recently, Vincent van Gogh with bandaged ear and pipe oil on canvas portrait of which there are photo's at 2 facebook sites, namely.. Save the van Gogh Heritage and Save the lost van Gogh, possibly 1 of the 5 paintings given to Vincent's brother Cor by Theo's widow on his departure to South Africa in the middle 1890's

[@Greenminded1]

I wonder if the concentrated use of UV light to view these pieces might cause an increase in their aging?

[@alfansosimon4230]

Most paintings if not all are going to have colour changes over time. However to go into all that scientific investigation and discussion to reconstruct a painting kind of kills for me. Preserve the paintings rather than reconstruct them.

[@rklein]

All of this and yet nobody pronounces his name correctly. I bet that would have aggravated Vincent more than anything related to his art. 🤣

[@tootsm.]

Absolutely. Hearing 'Van Go' makes me wince.

[@brot5246]

No white gloves..

[@caroledrury1411]

The fresh new look should be about Theos wife and what she did to contribute. It would be far more interesting than this infrared

[@migzz7976]

So if it wasn’t for the pandemic we wouldn’t be here today watching this video.

[@rogerdale5451]

Zero males involved, except for the artist himself.

[@keithgothe2065]

How can I get My vangoh painting check out cafe terrace

[@NnaemekaAmamasi]

So sad that Van Gogh himself was not financially successful in his time. In fact he was a poor man. Now his works cost hundreds of millions!

[@raquelaguillon4410]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cindyoverall8139]

My God, I am so tired of Van Gogh and Monet being the only two painters in history!!!

[@AbdullahAlHuneiny]

Its just the Art Galleries propaganda and advertisement to attract visitors,,so if that painting was that much great at that time, with my respect, why the artist failed to sale it?! Not to mention that the people of that time have more knowledge and test of art better than us today. The day that the real purpose of art was changed to just Business, the real purpose of art Died.

[@JohnJSteinbeck]

Who is ‘Vincent Van Go’ ? A group of gallery nerds attempting to explain away the mystic through technology, which they never will, and none of them can even correctly pronounce his name …

[@Ilovegemsomuch]

Sergeant was better

[@marshallfalconberry5187]

again n yet again as a society we feel some need to analyze every aspect of being in every level of imagination instead of just enjoying the moment,the view,the beauty. What has become of the minds of those people? You can't paint n you can't see the genius of the creative spirit n that,s why they create questions ,so they can create answers that only create doubt n wonder.it causes me to wonder about this science as they call it.Shouldnt those wizards be discovering how to save the world from the technology that will surely be our Demise? Oh no,that would have an actual purpose! No let,s analyze a Van Gogh down to the molecules.Simply Ridiculous!!!What a Waste!!! Enjoy Art for what it is, Beauty!

[@Vyrus_101]

Could have been edited into a 1 min video.

[@pr1me840]

Put that Van Gogh in an exhibition with random other artists (that is alive) and people will not even notice it.

[@Jerobeam-fv2do]

Yes, but put a bandaged ear portrait amongst a 100 others and will be noticed immediately even by the blind.

[@stlapierre]

The gay mafia strikes again?

[@SteveSabbai]

Millions of dollars for a painting that anyone can do. Silly Humans.

[@parrotcracker6629]

With years of learning and practicing, lights, shadow, color theory, etc. Yeah, I'm sure just "anyone" can do it.

[@chrischreative2245]

If anyone can do it, why didn’t they?

[@timhaakenson916]

ONCE JILL DIES I MIGHT CHECK MYSELF INTO SOME SORT OF MENTAL HOSPITAL... MAYBE NOT.. DEPENDS ON THE HOSPITAL... MIGHT JUST SECLUDE IN THE WOODS SOMEWHERE... I KNOW YOU.