logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2020
40m 53s

Vincent Van Gogh: A Portrait of Neuropsy...

iHeartPodcasts
About this episode
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most influential of all post impressionist artists. Known for his emotive and intensely expressive style, he is also known for excessive suffering in his short 37 year life. But what caused Vincent's extreme moods and did his mental issues contribute to the beauty and originality in his artwork? 
Up next
Mar 2021
Abraham Lincoln: The Greatest President and Sufferer of Melancholy
Abraham Lincoln contemplated suicide more than once in his life, he knew suffering and yet he is perhaps histories' greatest leader through a period of time where the nation also wept, the American Civil War. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.co ... Show More
51m 36s
Mar 2021
Howard Hughes: A perfectionistic obsession to innovate
Howard Hughes was one of the most financially successful businessmen of all time, an engineer, a record setting pilot, film producer and philanthropist, his obsessive compulsive disorder drove his ability to stunningly innovate but ultimately it caused great suffering. Learn more ... Show More
51m 9s
Mar 2021
Marilyn Monroe: From Orphan to Iconic Movie Starlet
Marilyn Monroe had a traumatic upbringing, yet marketed herself into one of the worlds most famous actresses. Despite her many successes she longed to feel truly loved but never found her love adequately requited. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwo ... Show More
1h 16m
Recommended Episodes
Nov 2022
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most important and influential figures in the history of art. Though he created thousands of drawings and paintings, his was a life of commercial failure, instability and unhappiness. But who was Van Gogh before he discovered his passion for art? W ... Show More
53m 5s
Nov 2011
How Vincent van Gogh Worked
<p>Today, Vincent van Gogh has come to fit our idea of the tortured artist. Aside from his art, he's best known for cutting off his ear and committing suicide. Yet new research debates both of these van Gogh moments. Listen in to learn more about van Gogh.</p><p> </p> Learn more ... Show More
29m 31s
Jul 2018
Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh is one of the most influential painters in western art. His series of still life sunflowers are known around the world today, but during his lifetime in the 1800s he lived in poverty, selling incredibly little of his work, som ... Show More
38m 40s
Mar 2022
Vincent van Gogh: The struggling artist
The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh is one of the most influential painters in western art. His series of still life sunflowers are known around the world today but during his lifetime in the 1800s he lived in poverty, selling very little of his work, some say j ... Show More
39m 2s
Jan 2024
Vincent van Gogh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch artist famous for starry nights and sunflowers, self portraits and simple chairs. These are images known the world over, and Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) painted them and around 900 others in the last decade of his short, brilliant life a ... Show More
56m 2s
Jan 2024
Vincent van Gogh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch artist famous for starry nights and sunflowers, self portraits and simple chairs. These are images known the world over, and Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) painted them and around 900 others in the last decade of his short, brilliant life a ... Show More
56m 2s
Mar 2022
The Hidden Life of Vincent Van Gogh
What makes an artist great? Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. He was not famous during his lifetime. In fact, he suffered from mental illness. But did this mental illness influence his art? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos an ... Show More
18m 58s
Mar 2022
The Hidden Life of Vincent Van Gogh (Advanced Program)
What makes an artist great? Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. He was not famous during his lifetime. In fact, he suffered from mental illness. But did this mental illness influence his art? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos an ... Show More
13m 52s
Mar 2022
What Do You Know About Van Gogh?
Do you enjoy art? Have you ever thought about the life of the artist behind the art? Join a conversation between Adam and Liz talking about the life of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh suffered from mental illness. And he dies believing he was a failure - even though today ... Show More
15m 15s