During the final years of Vincent van Gogh's life, the artist produced some of the most original works of his career; works that dramatically altered the course of modern painting. WRTI's Susan Lewis considers this period of van Gogh's career - when he created still lifes and landscapes in an entirely new way.
Van Gogh Up Close at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Artist Depicting Nature in a New Way
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