Vincent & Theo

Synopsis

"Vincent & Theo is a 1990 biographical drama film about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) and his brother Theo (1857–1891), an art dealer. While Vincent Van Gogh's artworks are now famous, he was essentially unrecognised in his lifetime, and survived on his brother's charity." [Wikipedia] "He was drinking heavily again, and was hospitalised between February and March 1886, when he was possibly also treated for syphilis. . . . After the altercation with Gauguin, in the evening of 23 December 1888 Van Gogh returned to his room, where he was assaulted by voices and severed his left ear with a razor (either wholly or in part; accounts differ), causing severe bleeding. He bandaged the wound, wrapped the ear in paper, and delivered the package to a woman at a brothel Van Gogh and Gauguin both frequented. . . . Van Gogh entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum on 8 May 1889, accompanied by his caregiver, Frédéric Salles, a Protestant clergyman. . . . Wheatfield with Crows, although not his last oil work, is from July 1890 and Hulsker discusses it as being associated with 'melancholy and extreme loneliness.' . . . On 27 July 1890, aged 37, Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a 7mm Lefaucheux pin-fire revolver. There were no witnesses and he died 30 hours after the incident." [Wikipedia: Vincent van Gogh]

Genre

Historical

Released

1990

Location

France

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