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Mar 2022
18m 58s

The Hidden Life of Vincent Van Gogh

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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?

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